Production info
| Director | Isao Takahata |
|---|---|
| Producer | Toshio Suzuki |
| Release year | 1991 |
| Runtime (minutes) | 118 |
It’s 1982, and Taeko is 27 years old, unmarried, and has lived her whole life in Tokyo. She decides to visit her family in the countryside, and as the train travels through the night, memories flood back of her younger years: the first immature stirrings of romance, the onset of puberty, and the frustrations of math and boys. At the station she is met by young farmer Toshio, and the encounters with him begin to reconnect her to forgotten longings. In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
Ratings & achievements
| Rotten Tomatoes | 100/100 |
|---|---|
| Worldwide box office | $608562 |
| Budget | $2500000.00 |
Box-office ranking 18/19 among Studio Ghibli films with available data.
Rotten Tomatoes score ranking 1/22.
Species (1)
Runtime vs other Ghibli films
Only Yesterday runs 118 minutes — longer than the Ghibli average (106 minutes). 7/22 other Ghibli films are longer.
Same director: Isao Takahata
Isao Takahata directed 5 Studio Ghibli films (including Only Yesterday):
| Film | Year | Director | RT | Box office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grave of the Fireflies | 1988 | Isao Takahata | 97 | $801143 |
| Pom Poko | 1994 | Isao Takahata | 78 | $1279218 |
| My Neighbors the Yamadas | 1999 | Isao Takahata | 75 | $22261 |
| The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | 2013 | Isao Takahata | 100 | $24751400 |
Films from the same decade 1990s
| Film | Year | Director | RT | Box office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porco Rosso | 1992 | Hayao Miyazaki | 94 | $1458536 |
| Pom Poko | 1994 | Isao Takahata | 78 | $1279218 |
| Whisper of the Heart | 1995 | Yoshifumi Kondō | 91 | $4420615 |
| Princess Mononoke | 1997 | Hayao Miyazaki | 92 | $170333762 |
| My Neighbors the Yamadas | 1999 | Isao Takahata | 75 | $22261 |
Films sharing the same genre
Films sharing genre (Animation, Drama, Romance) with Only Yesterday:
| Film | Year | Director | RT | Box office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wind Rises | 2013 | Hayao Miyazaki | 89 | $136865366 |
| Grave of the Fireflies | 1988 | Isao Takahata | 97 | $801143 |
| From Up on Poppy Hill | 2011 | Gorō Miyazaki | 83 | $61485364 |
| The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | 2013 | Isao Takahata | 100 | $24751400 |
| When Marnie Was There | 2014 | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | 92 | $35012681 |
| Whisper of the Heart | 1995 | Yoshifumi Kondō | 91 | $4420615 |