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A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 90/100. Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 316 1990s animation movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic90/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
1,289 audience votes
Key crew
- Katsu HoshiOriginal Music Composer
- Isao TakahataDirector
- Isao TakahataScreenplay
Cast
- Miki ImaiTaeko Okajima (voice)
- Yoko HonnaTaeko Okajima as a 5-Year-Old (voice)
- Toshiro YanagibaToshio (voice)
- Yorie YamashitaNanako Okajima (voice)
- Yuki MinowaYaeko Okajima (voice)
- Masahiro ItoTaeko's Father (voice)
- Michie TeradaTaeko's Mother (voice)
- Chie KitagawaTaeko's Grandmother (voice)
- Mayumi IzukaTsuneko Tani (voice)
- Yuuki MasudaHirota (voice)
- Ichiro NagaiTorahige (voice)
- Yoshimasa KondoHomeroom Teacher (voice)
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Themes
countrysidecountry lifemarriagefolk musicflashbackschoolbased on mangaanimereflective
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