Omohide poro poro (1991)

Japan, 1991
118m
35mm film, colour
Dolby Stereo, Japanese

A Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Isao Takahata.

Plot Summary

Taeko Okajima works in the office of a large company. Needing a break, she takes a holiday in in the countryside of Yamagata Prefecture, working as a farmer. As memories of her childhood come flooding back, she realises that she has some important choices to make about her future.

Credits

Crew
Direction by: Isao Takahata
© 1991
Studio Ghibli. Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television and Hakuhodo present
Executive Producers: Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Yoshio Sasaki, Ritsuo Isobe, Hayao Miyazaki
Produced by: Toshio Suzuki
Planning: Hideo Ogata, Shigeharu Shiba, Tatsumi Yamashita
Production Manager: Nozomu Takahashi
Screenplay by: Isao Takahata
Based on: Omoide Poroporo by Hotaru Okamoto and Yuko Tone
Assistant Director: Norihiko Sudo
Animation Supervisors: Katsuya Kondo, Yoshifumi Kondô, Yoshiharu Sato
Animation Directors: Katsuya Kondô, Yoshifumi Kondo, Yoshiharu Sato
Key Animators: Ai Kagawa, Akiyoshi Hane, Atsuko Otani, Hiroomi Yamakawa, Hiroshi Shimizu, Junko Ikeda, Kuniyuki Ishii, Mahiro Maeda, Makiko Nigi, Masaaki Endou, Masahiro Neriki, Masako Shinohara, Mitsuo Iso, Natsuyo Yasuda, Noriko Moritomo, Osamu Tanabe, Sachiko Sugino, Shinji Morohashi, Shinji Otsuka, Shinya Ohira
Animators: Ai Kagawa, Atsuko Ikeda, Atsuko Ôtani, Hirômi Yamakawa, Hiroshi Shimizu, Kuniyuki Ishii, Mahiro Maeda, Makiko Futaki, Masaaki Endo, Masahiro Neriki, Masako Shinohara, Mitsuo Iso, Natsuyo Yasuda, Noriko Moritomo, Osamu Tanabe, Sachiko Sugino, Shinji Morohashi, Shinji Otsuka, Shin'ya Ôhira, Tashiyuki Inoue, Yoshiyuki Hane
In-Between Animators: Akiko Teshima, Kazumi Okabe, Sumie Nishido, Takao Maki
Character Designer: Yoshifumi Kondo
Background Art Director: Kazuo Oga
Backgrounds: Akira Yamakawa, Kiyomi Oota, Kyoko Naganawa, Naoko Sakimoto, Naoya Tanaka, Youji Takeshige
Animation Checkers: Hitomi Tateno, Rie Nakagome, Yasuko Tachiki
Finish Checkers: Ikuyo Kimura, Noriko Ogawa, Teruyo Tateyama, Yuki Hisada, Yuriko Katayama
Character Colour Designer: Michiyo Yasuda
Director of Photography: Hisao Shiraishi
Editor: Takeshi Seyama
Music: Masaru Hoshi
Sound Recording: Naoko Asari
Sound Mixing: Shuji Inoue
Sound Effects: Michihiro Ito
Art Director: Kazuo Oga
Art Assistant: Katsu Hisamura
Visual Design: Yoshiyuki Momose
Storyboard Artist: Yoshiyuki Momose
Production Desk: Toshiyuki Kawabata

Cast
Miki Imai (Taeko Okajima)
Toshiro Yanagiba (Toshio)
Yoko Honna (Taeko Okajima in 5th grade)
Masahiro Ito (Taeko's father)
Michie Terada (Taeko's mother)
Yorie Yamashita (Nanako Okajima)
Chie Kitagawa (Taeko's grandmother)
Hirozumi Satoh (Abe-kun)
Kouji Gotou (Kazuo)
Masako Watanabe (Naoko)
Masashi Ishikawa (Suu)
Mayumi Iizuka (Tsuneko Tani)
Megumi Komine (Toko)
Mei Oshitani (Aiko)
Sachiko Ishikawa (Kiyoko)
Shin Itou (Baccha)
Takako Sendou (Toshio's mother)
Yoshihiro Furubayashi (train station employee)
Yukiyo Takizawa (Rie)
Yuuki Masuda (Hirota)
Yuuki Minowa (Yaeko)
Issei Takahashi
Yoshimasa Kondo

Alternative Titles

Memories of Teardrops
Memories of Yesterday
Only Yesterday
Souvenirs, goutte à goutte – French title