The Place Promised in Our Early Days
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2004-11-20
Runtime: 90 mins
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Original title: The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Production Companies: CoMix Wave Films
Production Countries: Japan
Cast
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Masato Hagiwara
Yuuka Nanri
Unsho Ishizuka
Kazuhiko Inoue
Risa Mizuno
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Masami Iwasaki
Eiji Takemoto
Takahiro Hirano
Takeshi Maeda
Yûki Nakao
Rie Nakagawa
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