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.
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| Directing | Isao Takahata | Director |
| Sound | Katsu Hoshi | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Isao Takahata | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Shinji Morohashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Osamu Tanabe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masahiro Neriki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sachiko Sugino | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Megumi Kagawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinji Otsuka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Natsuyo Yasuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Makiko Futaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kuniyuki Ishii | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masako Shinohara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroomi Yamakawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Atsuko Otani | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masaaki Endou | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukiyoshi Hane | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Noriko Moritomo | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshiyuki Inoue | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mahiro Maeda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mitsuo Iso | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Junko Ikeda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Shimizu | Key Animation |
| Art | Yoshiyuki Momose | Storyboard Artist |
| Visual Effects | Shinya Ohira | Key Animation |
| Production | Nozomu Takahashi | Production Manager |
| Visual Effects | Yoshiharu Sato | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Katsuya Kondo | Animation Director |
| Art | Kazuo Oga | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Yoshifumi Kondo | Animation Director |
| Sound | Katsumi Ishida | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Takahisa Ishino | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Kazuhiko Ikai | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Akihiro Ishigami | Sound Effects |
| Camera | Hisao Shirai | Director of Photography |
| Art | Nizou Yamamoto | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Michiyo Yasuda | Color Designer |
| Art | Yoji Takeshige | Background Designer |
| Production | Toshio Suzuki | Producer |
| Art | Akira Yamakawa | Background Designer |
| Art | Kiyomi Ota | Background Designer |
| Art | Naoya Tanaka | Background Designer |
| Art | Kyoko Naganawa | Background Designer |
| Art | Satoshi Kuroda | Background Designer |
| Art | Kazuo Nagai | Background Designer |
| Art | Katsufumi Haryu | Background Designer |
| Crew | Kaoru Tanifuji | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Motoaki Ikegami | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Yoichi Kuroda | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Ito | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Tetsuo Ofuji | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Noriko Suzuki | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Kazumi Ikeya | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Shinji Ikegami | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Katsunori Maebara | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Katsuji Suzuki | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Noguchi | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Tetsuya Yasuo | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Mitsuko Namba | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Naohisa Haishima | Compositing Artist |
| Production | Tomoaki Nishigiri | Production Assistant |
| Production | Yasuyoshi Tokuma | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yoshio Sasaki | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ritsuo Isobe | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tatsumi Yamashita | Other |
| Production | Hideo Ogata | Other |
| Production | Shigeharu Shiba | Other |
| Writing | Hotaru Okamoto | Original Story |
| Writing | Yuko Tone | Original Story |
| Production | Hayao Miyazaki | Other |
| Sound | Harumi Miyako | Theme Song Performance |
| Visual Effects | Yoshifumi Kondo | Character Designer |
| Art | Kazu Hisamura | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Naoko Asari | Sound Director |
| Sound | Shuji Inoue | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Norihiko Sudo | Assistant Director |
| Production | Tooru Hara | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Amanda McBroom | Other |
| Directing | Yoshiyuki Momose | Layout |
| Directing | Kazuya Murata | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Masahito Yamamoto | Second Unit Director |
| Production | Koji Aritomi | Production Assistant |
| Production | Tomoki Horaguchi | Production Assistant |
| Production | Hiroshi Kawanishi | Production Assistant |
| Production | Yuichi Niida | Production Assistant |
| Production | Yuichi Niida | Accountant |
| Crew | Yoko Shibata | Dialect Coach |
| Editing | Takeshi Seyama | Lead Editor |
| Editing | Naoki Kaneko | Editor |
| Editing | Tomoko Kida | Editor |
| Editing | Yasutaka Mori | Editor |
| Art | Naomi Sakimoto | Background Designer |
