Directed by: Isao Takahata
Starring: Miki Imai, Yoshibo Yanagiba, Yoko Honna
I actually meant to put Ocean Waves on last night but it's on the same disc as Only Yesterday and I can't read Japanese so accidentally put the wrong one on. I didn't realise until about 5 minutes in and I couldn't be bothered to turn it off and put the other on.
Anyway, this film follows 27 year old, unmarried Taeko who has lived her whole life in Tokyo. She goes to the country-side to live with her sister's in-laws for a while and help out with the safflower harvest and get away from city life.
While travelling, she revisits her past and brings her 10 year-old self with her. She becomes very nostalgic while on her trip and remembers forgotten memories about her childhood romances, puberty and the troubles of math and drama.
The film switches between 1966 and the present day using small animations that go on inside Taeko's head.
Takahata does an excellent job at directing this film, as always, and made the characters move and talk more realisticly by recording the audio before animating the faces.
This is a great film and a must-have for all studio ghibli fans/ collectors. However, it did have a few downpoints. The subtitles went by too quickly; not because I'm a slow reader but because two sentences went past in the space of half a second. All the more reason to learn Japanese.
Another bad point was that it can get a tad boring towards the end. Still doesn't spoil the film though.
85%
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