The Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004 · Movie · TV-PG · 90 min · ★ 6.6 · 75% critics
In an alternate post-war Japan split between rival powers, three students become fixated on a towering structure beyond a forbidden border. They build a small plane and make a promise to reach it, only to find their friendship, feelings, and the world around them pulling them in different directions over time.
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Details
- Original title
- 雲のむこう、約束の場所
- Years
- 2004
- Release date
- 2004-11-20
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (555 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like moody, reflective sci-fi romance with big ideas and a slow burn, similar to Children Who Chase Lost Voices; not for you if you want tight plotting, clear explanations, or constant action.
Pros: intriguing sci-fi premise; striking visuals; strong mood | Cons: slow pacing; thin character development; confusing storyline
Themes
- airplane
- violin
- adult animation
- alternate timeline
- foreign occupation
- anime
- 1990s
- ambiguous
Cast & crew
Hidetaka Yoshioka
as Hiroki Fujisawa (voice)
Masato Hagiwara
as Takuya Shirakawa (voice)
Yuuka Nanri
as Sayuri Sawatari (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
as Okabe (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
as Tomizawa (voice)
Risa Mizuno
as Maki Kasahara (voice)
Hidenobu Kiuchi
as Arisaka (voice)
Masami Iwasaki
as Emishi Seisakujo Koin / Eki Shanai Announce / Byoin Incho (voice)
Eiji Takemoto
as Emishi Seisakujo Koin / TV News (voice)
Takahiro Hirano
as Emishi Seisakujo Koin / Daigakuinsei (voice)
Directed by Makoto Shinkai