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The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)

Film · 2004 · 90 min · Animation · Adventure · Drama

Against all odds, a promise will be kept.

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.

Directed by Makoto Shinkai

Starring Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masato Hagiwara, Yuuka Nanri, Unsho Ishizuka, Kazuhiko Inoue, Risa Mizuno, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Masami Iwasaki

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Digital release1 September 2025
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First release anywhere20 November 2004

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