Cinematheque at the Chazen: Studio Ghibli

Takahata dares to use Studio Ghibli’s color and technique not to depict fantasy, science fiction, or war, but to show the infinite value of an ordinary contemporary life, that of 27 year old Tokyo office worker Taeko. Flashing back and forth between Taeko’s youth in 1966 and her adult life in 1982, Only Yesterday delicately captures many aspects of Japanese life both past and present. Subtitled.