"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."
Miki Imai
as Taeko Okajima (voice)
Toshiro Yanagiba
as Toshio (voice)
Yoko Honna
as Taeko (voice)
Mayumi Izuka
as Tsuneko Tani (voice)
Masahiro Itou
as Father (voice)
Chie Kitagawa
as Taeko's Grandmother (voice)
Yuuki Masuda
as Hirota (voice)
Yuki Minowa
as Yaeko (voice)
Michie Terada
as Mother (voice)
Yorie Yamashita
as Nanako (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
as Torahige (voice)
Yoshimasa Kondo
as Homeroom Teacher (voice)
Issey Takahashi
as Classmate (voice)
Isao Takahata
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Executive Producer
Katsu Hoshi
Original Music Composer
Takeshi Seyama
Editor
Hotaru Okamoto
Comic Book
Screenplay
Toshiyuki Inoue
Key Animation
Yukiyoshi Hane
Shinji Otsuka
Shinji Morohashi
Sachiko Sugino
Osamu Tanabe
Noriko Moritomo
Natsuyo Yasuda
Mitsuo Iso
Megumi Kagawa
Masako Shinohara
Masahiro Neriki
Masaaki Endou
Makiko Futaki
Mahiro Maeda
Kuniyuki Ishii
Kenichi Yoshida
Junko Ikeda
Hiroshi Shimizu
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Atsuko Otani
Yoshiyuki Momose
Storyboard Artist
Shinya Ohira
Kazuo Oga
Art Direction
Nozomu Takahashi
Production Manager
Katsuya Kondo
Animation Director
Yoshiharu Sato
Yoshifumi Kondo
Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Producer
Kazuhiko Ikai
Sound Effects
Takahisa Ishino
Katsumi Ishida
Akihiro Ishigami
Hisao Shirai
Director of Photography
Nizou Yamamoto
Background Designer
Michiyo Yasuda
Color Designer
Yoji Takeshige
Toshio Suzuki