Omohide poro poro (1991)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1991
Running Times: 118 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Studio Ghibli   Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television and Hakuhodo present
Copyright: © 1991
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

SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Isao Takahata
Based on: Omoide Poroporo by Hotaru Okamoto and Yuko Tone

DIRECTION
Direction by: Isao Takahata
Assistant Director: Norihiko Sudo

ANIMATION
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

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Hisao Shiraishi

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Takeshi Seyama

MUSIC
Music: Masaru Hoshi

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
Songs: Harumi Miyako (Ai ha Hana, Kimi ha Sono Tane; Love Is a Flower, You Are the Seed); Amanda McBroom
Songs Performed By: Harumi Miyako
Theme Song Arranger: Katsu Hoshi

SOUND
Sound Recording: Naoko Asari
Sound Mixing: Shuji Inoue
Sound Effects: Michihiro Ito

DESIGN
Art Director: Kazuo Oga
Art Assistant: Katsu Hisamura
Visual Design: Yoshiyuki Momose
Storyboard Artist: Yoshiyuki Momose

MISCELLANEOUS
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

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.

TIMELINE

1991
July
20: Japan - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

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

KEYWORDS

animation, anime, flashbacks

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008