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Only Yesterday

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.

Cast

Miki Imai

Miki Imai

as Taeko Okajima (voice)

Yoko Honna

Yoko Honna

as Taeko Okajima as a 5-Year-Old (voice)

Toshiro Yanagiba

Toshiro Yanagiba

as Toshio (voice)

Yorie Yamashita

Yorie Yamashita

as Nanako Okajima (voice)

Yuki Minowa

Yuki Minowa

as Yaeko Okajima (voice)

Masahiro Ito

Masahiro Ito

as Taeko's Father (voice)

Michie Terada

Michie Terada

as Taeko's Mother (voice)

Chie Kitagawa

Chie Kitagawa

as Taeko's Grandmother (voice)

Mayumi Izuka

Mayumi Izuka

as Tsuneko Tani (voice)

Yuuki Masuda

Yuuki Masuda

as Hirota (voice)

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