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The Place Promised in Our Early Days

2004·90 min

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Directed by Makoto Shinkai

AnimationAdventureDramaRomance

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.

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Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hiroki Fujisawa (voice)

Masato Hagiwara

Takuya Shirakawa (voice)

Sayuri Sawatari (voice)

Okabe (voice)

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Hidenobu Kiuchi

Arisaka (voice)

Emishi Seisakujo Koin / Eki Shanai Announce / Byoin Incho (voice)

Emishi Seisakujo Koin / TV News (voice)

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Emishi Seisakujo Koin / Daigakuinsei (voice)

Daigakuinsei / Radio Hoso (voice)

Joshi Seito (voice)

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The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004) is about 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.

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Makoto Shinkai directed The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004).

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