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The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
- G
- 11/20/2004 (AU)
- Animation, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
- 1h 30m
Against all odds, a promise will be kept.
Overview
In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tower.
Makoto Shinkai
Screenplay, DirectorCast
![Hidetaka Yoshioka's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/xWNS6qStVthhWoxmKDfNS729BjJ.jpg)
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Hiroki Fujisawa (voice)![Masato Hagiwara's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/iS8eHxcb6R2eL84XcBGJagQCNRj.jpg)
Masato Hagiwara
Takuya Shirakawa (voice)![Yuuka Nanri's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/gn9akVC168gaq372czbVTazRVpS.jpg)
Yuuka Nanri
Sayuri Sawatari (voice)![Unsho Ishizuka's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/nmj1vTrJc0zvuUYqxSyWXmIGBlP.jpg)
Unsho Ishizuka
Okabe (voice)![Kazuhiko Inoue's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/3BpYtYRiLAmTNbCm2LXlXnkMRit.jpg)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Tomizawa (voice)![Risa Mizuno's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/3zk9Eqv19LQOU2unCHi2bJgwxmX.jpg)
Risa Mizuno
Maki Kasahara (voice)![Hidenobu Kiuchi's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/SpxriXj1RnC7av28Ee47YL3bS2.jpg)
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Arisaka (voice)![Masami Iwasaki's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/oPbAnYT409Ng3zkULTz0FewK6Es.jpg)