
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
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.
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About The Place Promised in Our Early Days
- Directors
- Makoto Shinkai
- Cast
- Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masato Hagiwara, Yuuka Nanri, Unsho Ishizuka, Kazuhiko Inoue, Risa Mizuno
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Science Fiction
- Content rating
- NR
- Original language
- Japanese
- Production countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
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