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Where to watch The Place Promised in Our Early Days(2004)

Name: The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Released: 2004-11-20
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masato Hagiwara, Yuuka Nanri, Unsho Ishizuka, Kazuhiko Inoue

Movie · 2004 · 1h 30m · Animation, Adventure, Drama

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The Place Promised in Our Early Days plot summary

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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Original title: 雲のむこう、約束の場所
Release date: November 20, 2004
Runtime: 1h 30m
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Science Fiction
Directed by: Makoto Shinkai
Country: Japan
TMDB rating: 6.6 / 10 · 574 votes

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Cast

Hidetaka YoshiokaHiroki Fujisawa (voice)
Masato HagiwaraTakuya Shirakawa (voice)
Yuuka NanriSayuri Sawatari (voice)
Unsho IshizukaOkabe (voice)
Kazuhiko InoueTomizawa (voice)
Risa MizunoMaki Kasahara (voice)
Hidenobu KiuchiArisaka (voice)
Masami IwasakiEmishi Seisakujo Koin / Eki Shanai Announce / Byoin Incho (voice)
Eiji TakemotoEmishi Seisakujo Koin / TV News (voice)
Takahiro HiranoEmishi Seisakujo Koin / Daigakuinsei (voice)

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In the United States, The Place Promised in Our Early Days is available to stream on HBO Max. You can also rent or buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and YouTube.