Only Yesterday (2021)
Sugimoto Taeko moves in with her daughter Natsuki and granddaughter Mizuki. They begin a lively life together. In the midst of it all, Taeko sees her former self in Mizuki. The bitter taste of the first pineapple she ever ate, the disastrous score on a math test, the awakening of her acting spirit at a school performance. As Taeko recalls her elementary school days, she unleashes a dream that she had long given up on and sealed away. 'I'm going to be on stage!' Taeko immediately auditions and devotes herself to rehearsing for a Shakespeare play. But just then, the theatre where she was going to perform goes bankrupt, and she is forced to give up on her dream again!
Director:
Kazutaka Watanabe
Writer:
Koichi Yajima
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Keiko Matsuzaka as Reiwa Taeko |
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Anne Watanabe as |
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Kazuyuki Asano as |
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Naho Yokomizo as |
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Mari Hamada as |
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Takashi Yamanaka as |
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Kurumi Inagaki as |
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Katsumi Takahashi as |
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Mayu Tsuruta as |
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Ei Morisako as |
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Nanoka Hara as |
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Haruki Sei as |
| Directing | Kazutaka Watanabe | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kaoruko Ishii | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | Rihito Nakagawa | Production Design |
| Lighting | Yoshitake Hikita | Gaffer |
| Camera | Yoko Itakura | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Etsuko Kimura | Editor |
| Sound | Kiyoshi Arakawa | Sound Effects |
| Production | Keiko Ogata | Producer |
| Writing | Koichi Yajima | Screenplay |