The Place Promised in Our Early Days

The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)

20/11/2004
Animation, Adventure, Drama, Romance
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 ShinkaiDirector, Screenplay
  • Original Title

    雲のむこう、約束の場所

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Japanese

  • Revenue

    $44,483

Keywords

  • airplane
  • violin
  • adult animation
  • alternate timeline
  • foreign occupation
  • anime
  • 1990s
  • ambiguous

Top Billed Cast

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hiroki Fujisawa (voice)

Masato Hagiwara

Masato Hagiwara

Takuya Shirakawa (voice)

Yuuka Nanri

Yuuka Nanri

Sayuri Sawatari (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Unsho Ishizuka

Okabe (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Tomizawa (voice)

Risa Mizuno

Risa Mizuno

Maki Kasahara (voice)

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Arisaka (voice)

Masami Iwasaki

Masami Iwasaki

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

Eiji Takemoto

Eiji Takemoto

Emishi Seisakujo Koin / TV News (voice)

Takahiro Hirano

Emishi Seisakujo Koin / Daigakuinsei (voice)

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