Memories bit by bit

Jillian 2022-11-14 15:09:49

"Cloudy day, rainy day, sunny day which one do you like?"
"Cloudy day."
"Me too."

My favorite animation by Jun Miyazaki. This is also one of my most moving shots.

Sometimes I ask myself if I have grown up, or if I am still the same 15-year-old me, standing on the red campus dyed by the sunset at sunset.

Many feelings can only be experienced by themselves. This is the only movie I watch and cry once. When the ending sounded slowly with the main theme, and the 10-year-old Taeko stuck his head out of the carriage, he really couldn't control his emotions. . . . . .

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Only Yesterday quotes

  • Hirota: Rainy days, cloudy days, sunny days... which do you like?

    Taeko: ...cloudy days.

    Hirota: Oh, then we're alike.

  • Taeko: The king of fruit is... the king of fruit is...

    [the scene flashes from 1966 to 1989]

    Taeko: ...the banana!