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Jan 16, 2018jonnybroom rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
An animated memoir for adults. "Only Yesterday" was released for the first time in US on its 25th anniversary in 2016. The point of view moves back and forth between a 27-year-old Japanese woman's perspective and her memories of 5th grade. It's a sweet, sometimes tart, but unremarkable story, except that one gets a sense of Japan in the 1960s. It's all told in a straightforward way that lacks the backbone needed for compelling drama. And for this viewer it was too long.