|
|
|
Only Yesterday Omohide Poro Poro |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
rocklobster's Review Main Review Only Yesterday is about a 27 year old female office worker named Takeo, who volunteers to work at an organic farm run by a relative of her elder sister-in-law in the country to help with the safflower harvest and get away from city life. During her trip and time on the farm, she reminisces about her past as a bratty child in 1960's Tokyo. Comments This story is by far one of Ghibli's most quiet films. While very little happens in this movie, it's still a well-done piece. I found it quite enjoyable and could easily see it as live-action. The movie will most likely bore all children younger than the audience I specified. The reason I specified 12 is that, by this time, most children will at least begun puberty and will, therefore, understand the discussion of it. Only Yesterday is very nice, poignant film. I recommend it for any Ghibli fan. Music It fit the movie well. It's not a bad musical score. The highlight, though, was easily the closing song, The Rose. Sub vs Dub There is no dub, and, therefore, there's no comparison Manga Only Yesterday, by Hotaru Okamoto and Yuko Tone. I don't know if it's available in the US. Related Movies Isao Takahata also directed "Pom Poko" and "Grave of the Fireflies". Violence Details Taeko's father slaps her for being a brat and not wearing shoes outside (a taboo in Japan) at one point. Language Details None, unless Disney changes it, subtitle-wise. Nudity Details There is a short scene in a bathhouse, but, because Takeo is so young, nothing more than some very undetailed rear nudity is seen. Sexual Content Details Several schoolgirls are teased by their male classmates about their periods after the girls take a sex-ed class. Religious Material Details None, except that which you would expect to see in typical Japanese life |
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Added: August, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
