After living her whole life in the city, 27-year-old Taeko decides to visit her relatives in the countryside. As she travels, memories of her youth resurface. And after meeting young farmer Toshio, she wonders if she's been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements, some rude behavior and smoking.
Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Hakuhodo present ; a Studio Ghibli production ; screenplay written and directed by Isao Takahata ; produced by Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki.
Based on the graphic novel by Hotaru Okamoto & Yuko Tone.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.
Widescreen (1.85:1)
Bonus materials: The making of Only yesterday; Behind the scenes with the voice cast; Interview with the English dub team; Foreign trailers and TV spots; U.S. trailer.
English voices: Daisy Ridley, Dev Patel, Alison Fernandez; Japanese voices: Miki Imai, Toshiro Yanagiba, Youko Honna.
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 surround (English, Japanese)
English or Japanese dialogue with optional French or English subtitles; and optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; Closed-captioned.
Music, Katz Hoshi ; supervising animators, Yoshifumi Kondo, Katsuya Kondo, Yoshihau Soto ; editor, Takeshi Seyama ; English-language screenplay adaptation, David Freedman ; English language producer, Geoffrey Wexler ; English-language director, Jamie Simone.
