"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)
Yoko Honna
as Taeko Okajima as a 5-Year-Old (voice)
Toshiro Yanagiba
as Toshio (voice)
Yorie Yamashita
as Nanako Okajima (voice)
Yuki Minowa
as Yaeko Okajima (voice)
Masahiro Ito
as Taeko's Father (voice)
Michie Terada
as Taeko's Mother (voice)
Chie Kitagawa
as Taeko's Grandmother (voice)
Mayumi Izuka
as Tsuneko Tani (voice)
Yuuki Masuda
as Hirota (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
Shinji Morohashi
Key Animation
Osamu Tanabe
Masahiro Neriki
Sachiko Sugino
Megumi Kagawa
Shinji Otsuka
Natsuyo Yasuda
Makiko Futaki
Kuniyuki Ishii
Masako Shinohara
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Atsuko Otani
Kenichi Yoshida
Masaaki Endou
Yukiyoshi Hane
Noriko Moritomo
Toshiyuki Inoue
Mahiro Maeda
Mitsuo Iso
Junko Ikeda
Hiroshi Shimizu
Yoshiyuki Momose
Storyboard Artist
Shinya Ohira
Nozomu Takahashi
Production Manager
Yoshiharu Sato
Animation Director
Katsuya Kondo
Kazuo Oga
Art Direction
Yoshifumi Kondo
Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Producer
Katsumi Ishida
Sound Effects
Takahisa Ishino
Kazuhiko Ikai
Akihiro Ishigami
Hisao Shirai
Director of Photography
Nizou Yamamoto
Background Designer
Michiyo Yasuda
Color Designer
Yoji Takeshige
Toshio Suzuki
Akira Yamakawa
Kiyomi Ota
Naoya Tanaka
Kyoko Naganawa
Naoko Sakimoto
Satoshi Kuroda
Kazuo Nagai
Katsufumi Haryu
Kaoru Tanifuji
Special Effects
Motoaki Ikegami
Compositing Artist
Yoichi Kuroda
Hiroshi Ito
Tetsuo Ofuji
Noriko Suzuki
Kazumi Ikeya
Shinji Ikegami
Katsunori Maebara
Katsuji Suzuki
Hiroshi Noguchi
Tetsuya Yasuo
Mitsuko Namba
Naohisa Haishima
Yuko Tone
Tomoaki Nishigiri
Production Assistant