Omoide Poroporo (Only Yesterday)

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Synonyms: Omohide Poro Poro, Omoide Poro-poro, Memories Like Falling Rain Drops, Memories Like Falling Teardrops, Memories of Teardrops, Memories of Yesterday

Japanese: おもひでぽろぽろ

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 20, 1991

Producers: Tokuma Shoten

Licensors: GKIDS

Studios: Studio Ghibli

Source: Manga

Genres: Drama, Romance

Demographic: Josei

Duration: 1 hr. 58 min.

Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 7.44¹ (scored by 76,360 users)

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Ranked: #2106²

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Popularity: #1558

Members: 146,958

Favorites: 1,191

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Synopsis

Taeko Okajima is a 27-year-old, independent woman who spent her entire life in Tokyo. Looking to unwind from the rush of the big city, she decides to visit her family in the country to help out during the harvest.

On the train there, Taeko vividly recalls her memories as a schoolgirl in the initial stages of puberty, as if she is on a trip with her childhood self. A young farmer named Toshio picks her up at the station, and they quickly develop a friendship. During her stay, Taeko forms strong bonds with family and friends, learning the contrasts between urban and rural life, as well as the struggles and joys of farming.

Nostalgic and bittersweet, Omoide Poroporo takes on Taeko's journey as an adult woman coming to terms with her childhood dreams compared to the person she is today.

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Background

The film was remade as a musical by the Warabi-za Company, first performed in 2011, later in 2012 and 2015. It was presented in a tour around Japan.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Okajima, Taeko

Main

Honna, Youko
Japanese

Toshio

Main

Yanagiba, Toshirou
Japanese

Hirota, Shuuji

Supporting

Masuda, Yuuki
Japanese

Taeko's Father

Supporting

Itou, Masahiro
Japanese

Toko

Supporting

Komine, Megumi
Japanese

Abe

Supporting

Sato, Hirozumi
Japanese

Taeko's Grandmother

Supporting

Kitagawa, Chie
Japanese

Baccha

Supporting

Itou, Shin
Japanese

Kiyoko

Supporting

Ishikawa, Sachiko
Japanese

Suzuki

Supporting

Ishikawa, Masashi
Japanese

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Staff

Suzuki, Toshio

Producer

Takahata, Isao

Director, Theme Song Lyrics, Screenplay

Murata, Kazuya

Episode Director

Pettini, Emmanuel

Script

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Opening Theme

"Teremtés" by Muzsikás

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Ending Theme

"Ai wa Hana, Kimi wa Sono Tane (愛は花、君はその種子; Love Is a Flower, You Are the Seed)" by Harumi Miyako

Reviews

Feb 14, 2024

bergars

Recommended

Man, that's the kind of movie I needed from Ghibli.

There's this melancholy about the film, about growing older, with the most founding memories being from your youngest days. A woman reminisces about her life as a bratty kid that didn't know of her fortune, and misfortunes; of her dismissive parents, her educational, and emotional disconnect from people. It feels larger than life, while being just about one person with a common childhood. Life's problems aren't always because of past problems, but the lack of anything else after them. Nothing stood out, nothing has stood out afterward, but then, what's there in the future?

This is a ...

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Mar 24, 2024

TheWiseChampion

Mixed Feelings

It’s touching and heartwarming, but then it ended rather suddenly and left much to be desired. The animation is lovely to look at, but the story and characters were so hollow. It’s got this somber tone like someone died, but really she’s just reflecting for 2 hours on her “horrible” childhood. To be honest it felt rather plain, which may have been the point for her reflection, but there really wasn’t much being conveyed. The flashbacks and the present in how they were stitched together seemed very disconnected. There were parts that I found funny, parts that I cringed at, and parts that I felt ...

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Sep 12, 2021

Ahiru229

Not Recommended

I love realistic movies, those that simply show the experiences of our characters. Even so, if it lacks a good development in its themes then the result cannot aspire to be more than mediocre.
This movie shows how even with the direction of the great Takahata and the production values of Ghibli, when a story has no ambitions and tries to show something so simple there is no way to improve it.

Story (5/10):
To be honest, there is not much to talk about this movie. The film tries to give a certain feeling of nostalgia to the viewer, but fails in that, the protagonist reflects on important ... moments and how they provoked the she who is now at the same time that she realizes other changes in her.
Even so, this also makes the film very boring and is that with almost 2 hours of duration the film makes the viewer fall asleep.
At least I can say that I liked how in the field Taeko can be shown searching and finding that "missing piece" in his life.
On the other hand, the memories of Taeko seemed extremely boring, forgettable and even some of these irrelevant (although I recognize that those moments of Taeko crying seemed very well done, since in animation they always tend to do that type of scenes very badly).

Character (4/10):
I do not like most of the characters, not because they are bad but because it is not like they have a very good characterization.
The only one I like is Toshio, he is at least a much more charismatic character.
There is not much more that I can talk about the characters since they really do not contribute much and about Taeko I already delved into the most important thing in the previous section.

Enjoyment (2/10):
As I said at the beginning of the review: I love realistic slice of life, as long as they have a good themes development and a good pace. In the case of this film, almost two hours of movie make it incredibly boring even for me. As in many Ghibli films it is very light in tone, simple in presentation, simple in themes and slow in pacing.
In my opinion one of the most boring Ghibli movies I've seen so far.

Art (10/10):
Many people did not like this movie in its animation, but in my opinion it is the best technical work of Ghibli that I saw. I LOVE designs, Taeko's design as a girl is very cute, and I also like her adult design (some do not like her smile but I love it) very rarely do you see so much emphasis on the facial expressions of the characters , something that in my opinion is worthy of applause.
Add to that the direction of Takahata, the beautiful backgrounds, the fluidity of animation and the beautiful colors (very well chosen to represent the two stages of Taeko).
The technical work of this film is without a doubt perfect and one of my favorites in all history.

Sound (5/10):
Unlike other Ghibli movies this movie is very quiet, I can barely remember a bit of the soundtrack, the voice acting was fine. In this aspect the film is neither bad or good.

Overall (4.5/10)
"Omoide Poroporo" is a film that, as it does not have many ambitions, having only the intention of giving a simple message, that is why I can not give it more than a 4/10. If it weren't for the technical work, which for me is exquisite, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

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