Source: Source: GKIDS Inc., Universal Studios Home Entertainment Official Movie Site: gkids.com/films/only-yesterday (US) Studio Ghibli’s ONLY YESTERDAY (????????, Omoide Poro Poro, 1991) comes to Blu-ray and DVD for the first time in North America from GKIDS and Universal Studios Home Entertainment on July 5th. It’s 1982, and Taeko (Daisy Ridley) is 27 years old, unmarried, and has lived her whole life in Tokyo. She decides to visit her relatives in the countryside, and as the train travels through the night, memories flood back of her younger years: the first immature stirrings of romance, the onset of puberty, and the frustrations of math and boys. At the station she is met by young farmer Toshio (Dev Patel), and the encounters with him begin to reconnect her to forgotten longings. 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. From Academy Award-nominated director Isao Takahata (THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA) and general producer Hayao Miyazaki, ONLY YESTERDAY is a masterpiece of time and tone, rich with humor and stirring emotion, and beautifully animated by one of the world`s most revered animation studios. This critically acclaimed film has never before been released in North America until now -- in celebration of its 25th anniversary. Street Date: July 5, 2016 Run Time: 2 Hours Rating: PG
Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack Product #: 61179488 UPC: 0-2519-23604-9-7 Unit Type: Standard Number of Media: 2 Packaging: Snap Case with Slip Sleeve SRP: $22.99 Disc 1: BD-50 (Single Sided) Layers: Single Picture: 1.85:1 Widescreen / Anamorphic Widescreen Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Subtitles: English, English SDH, French European Bonus Features: • Feature Length Storyboards • The Making of ONLY YESTERDAY • Behind the Scenes with the Voice Cast • Interview with the English Dub Team • Foreign Trailers and TV Spots • U.S. Trailer Disc 2: DVD-9 (Single Sided) Layers: Single Picture: 1.85:1 Widescreen / Anamorphic Widescreen Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Japanese Dolby Digital 5.0 Surround Subtitles: English, English SDH, French European Bonus Features: • The Making of ONLY YESTERDAY • Behind the Scenes with the Voice Cast • Interview with the English Dub Team • Foreign Trailers and TV Spots • U.S. Trailer
DVD Product #: 61179487 UPC: 0-2519-23604-8-0 Unit Type: Standard Number of Media: 1 Packaging: Snap Case with Slip Sleeve SRP: $19.99 Disc Type: DVD-9 (Single Sided) Layers: Single Picture: 1.85:1 Widescreen / Anamorphic Widescreen Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Japanese Dolby Digital 5.0 Surround Subtitles: English, English SDH, French European Bonus Features: • The Making of ONLY YESTERDAY • Behind the Scenes with the Voice Cast • Interview with the English Dub Team • Foreign Trailers and TV Spots • U.S. Trailer
About Studio Ghibli
Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985 by animation directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and is one of the most successful and well-respected animation studios in the world. Cultivating a creative force of talented directors, animators, and storytellers under the revered brilliance of Miyazaki and Takahata, Studio Ghibli’s films have been praised for their originality, dazzling animation, and epic storytelling. The films have become a beloved part of Japanese popular culture, and have garnered worldwide acclaim from audiences and critics alike. Hayao Miyazaki’s SPIRITED AWAY won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2002 and in 2005 Miyazaki was named one of "the most influential people" by Time Magazine.
About GKIDS
GKIDS is a distributor of award-winning animation for both adult and family audiences. Theatrical releases include Tomm Moore’s Oscar nominated THE SECRET OF KELLS, Michel Ocelot’s acclaimed AZUR & ASMAR, European Film Award Best Animated Feature winner MIA AND THE MIGOO, Nina Paley’s multiple-award-winning SITA SINGS THE BLUES, and Japan Academy Prize winner SUMMER WARS by Mamoru Hosoda. Upcoming GKIDS releases include 2011 Berlin official selection A CAT IN PARIS and Annecy winner ELEANOR`S SECRET. GKIDS is also producer of New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival, North America’s largest festival of film for children and teens. NYICFF is an Oscar-qualifying event and jury members include Uma Thurman, Susan Sarandon, Gus van Sant, Matthew Modine, James Schamus, Michel Ocelot, and Christine Vachon.
About Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Universal Studios Home Entertainment is a unit of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios. Universal Studios is a part of NBCUniversal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks, and a suite of leading Internet-based businesses. NBCUniversal is owned by Comcast Corporation.