Only Yesterday
2021, Japanese. Directed by Kazutaka Watanabe.
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!
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Only Yesterday is streaming on Netflix in India.
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- Released
- 9 January 2021
- Original title
- おもひでぽろぽろ
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Koichi Yajima
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Only Yesterday runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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Only Yesterday is streaming on Netflix in India. (Checked 8 November 2026.)
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Who directed Only Yesterday?
Only Yesterday (2021) was directed by Kazutaka Watanabe and stars Keiko Matsuzaka, Anne Watanabe, Kazuyuki Asano.