Ridley previously spoke on the 1991 film’s continuing relevance, “[Ghibli films] are what so many people around the world can identify with.
A full 25 years after debuting in Japan, Studio Ghibli’s classic Only Yesterday receives new life; with Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Daisy Ridley and Dev Patel lending their voices to a brand new English dub of the film.
The film had previously been released in its original Japanese on DVD in the UK in 2006, though this marks the first time the film will be shown in cinemas.
I think the reason probably this is such a loved film and will continue to be so is because it doesn’t feel foreign.