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Great film, I don't think I can say anymore than koreye already has. How can you possibly blame someone for deciding to live where they WANT to.. I just don't get that. My favorite scene was probably towards the end in the care while it's raining where Taneko talks about the little boy who wouldn't shake her hand..I thought that scene did a great job at depicting human nature.

This was such a nostalgic film . All the flashbacks,the story,the characters,the music IT WAS SO GOOODDDD !!!!!

Beautiful movie. Porco Rosso maybe always be my favourite Ghibli, but this could be their (and Takahata's) best.

That ending is about as perfect an ending I've ever seen. I was loving it even before, but the sudden turnaround was well . . . perfection. Superbly sidestepped any cliche I was initially fearful of.

For reasons I'm not sure of, I got really angry when she was talking about the boy who wouldn't shake her hand. Not at anyone in particular just... yeah. Random mood swing I guess. Maybe I was still fuming from how ridiculously mean her family seemed to be. I mean my family was strict, but I don't recall them sitting around discussing whether or not I was brain damaged because I failed a math test (which happened often).

This movie was a bit too slow for me, but I also went in thinking it was going to turn out a certain way, which is just bad of me. As a general rule, preconceived notions ruin everything. There were parts that I absolutely adored though. The first few flashbacks to her childhood were oddly magical. I just sat here grinning like an idiot and feeling at peace with the world.

Then that part where Toshio meets her at the train? Oh god I loved that scene so much. Something about the way they spoke and their body language just struck me as so...real. I was a little taken aback at first and I actually replayed it a few times.

The winner though is that very moment at the end, when Toshio is running to meet her after she came back and this random dream boy runs out and rolls in front of his feet causing him to stumble. Just... beautiful.

I hope she doesn't regret her decision to stay. I mean while I doubt they ran to the nearest wedding chapel, she did only know him about ten days.

10/10. This is a good one.

It's amazing what can be fit into a 2 hour movie.

The ending was very underwhelming, or so I thought until suddenly the kids appeared on the train and I realised this awesome movie really does have an awesome ending.

The music made me feel such a odd feeling.
This movie was great 10/10 no 100/100

Wow, that was actually pretty good.

I liked the movie. But man was it boring. I just don't understand what the movie was about to be honest - I don't know what it was trying to do or say.

Big fan of Ghibli, but to my chagrin I realized how little of their older works I've actually tried. I absolutely loved Miyazaki's oldest work, Nausicaa, so I was eager to try another oldie. Unfortunately, Only Yesterday just wasn't for me. Unlike Ghibli's usual bright, strong, and dynamic characters, the characters here were just bland and static. Maybe I'm missing some deeper meanings here, but I was bored of Taeko reminiscing on what I found to be the dullest and most pointless of memories (except for her first crush memory, but the plot left it hanging, never really completing it). And maybe I'm just not a romantic, but I found the romance iffy and way too impulsive at the end. Overall, it was a tad too slow and boring for a two-hour movie.

Of course, Miyazaki wasn't at the helm on this title, so maybe I just need to stick to the ones he directs.

Her smiles terrified me. I couldn't watch it.

So underrated!
The end made me remember why I watch animes, so beautiful! <3

One of the most beautiful animes I've ever seen. Great movie =)

I think the objective of this movie wasn't to guide us in a ride through the most important events in the life of Taeko. If that was the purpose the structure would be different and more linear. What this movie tries is to capture little flashbacks about her childhood that don't come from a voluntary introspective work, but rather, are random and sudden. It's the blend of all these memories what forms a contrast between the child and the adult Taeko, not a specific event in them.

On the other hand, I don't think the romantic feeling is as much emphasized as it is the desire for self-determination of Taeko. She is almost thirty and has a prosperous job at the city, but she still wants to escape from time to time and feel that she is still able to direct her life in the path she actually wants to, without any external/social pressure.

waste of fucking time...

holy fuck at you clueless viewers praising it, "omg it's so beautiful and realistic..."

you forgot to mention the part where it's boring as fuck..

"but..but it's Ghibi Studio"

typical piece of shit Ghibi fans..

brb putting out a piece of shit film and say it's from Ghibi and everyone will get wet over it. Fucking pathetic.

I enjoyed watching it but the thesis that her love for the countryside partially stems from her childhood memories (all of which I believe were bad), and then to decide that after 10 days she MUST stay is a bit hollow. If the beginning had offered more to the idea that her city life was boring/restricting compared to her time in the countryside, I could sympathise more with her wanting to stay there, but without it, ending seemed a bit 'fairytale'.

Down as a 7 for me. Despite the ramblings above, there was plenty worth watching.

Its not that she is running away, its more about being free and choosing what you want on your own, in this case its breaking free from a monotonous and mechanical life to a more easy going and peaceful one in the countryside. Its hard to relate for someone who feels that a city/urban life is the natural way forward in life, or someone who has never been restricted by family or social considerations in their life decisions.

And I think the childhood memories served both as a nostalgia for the main character as she looked back to a time when burdens and pressures of life were non-existent, and life was more carefree, and for the purpose of introspection which helped her understand herself better and what she wants in life. Being in the countryside made her feel more 'free' (just try taking a month off and live in a county side or someplace more peaceful).

It reminds me of Max Weber blasting modern society for turning an individual into just a cog in the machine, dehumanizing and rationalizing man...'disenchantment' was the word he used I believe. That's what she was trying to do, to not be a cog in the machine.

As for 'premature marriage' decision, this movie comes from the time when Ghibli, Miyazaki, Takahata et al were going against the trend of couples waiting years before deciding to get married. Regarding Whisper of the heart, which was made by Ghibli in the same decade, Miyazaki said that he changed the line from 'I love you' to 'will you marry me' for that very reason. Pretty old fashioned, eh.

The problem is that most people will disagree with the theme(s) portrayed because it goes against social norms already accepted and practiced today, and the way human mind works in modern society.

It was alright and it took me almost a year to finish the whole movie for reasons I do not even know.

If you were born into an East Asian family then you would get this type of treatment often.

A little slow to start, and a bunch of moments that killed all momentum the movie had.

But it was beautifully animated, carried a lovely message, and was overall enjoyable.