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The Place Promised in Our Early Days
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Set in an alternate ending to World War II, when the islands of Japan are divided into Union-controlled North and the US-controlled South, and the island of Hokkaido is annexed. A tall tower was built on Hokkaido, which could even be seen from Tokyo. In the summer of 1996, three middle-school students make a promise that they'll cross the border with a self-constructed plane and unravel the tower's secret...
Set in an alternate ending to World War II, when the islands of Japan are divided into Union-controlled North and the US-controlled South, and the island of Hokkaido is annexed. A tall tower was built on Hokkaido, which could even be seen from Tokyo. In the summer of 1996, three middle-school students make a promise that they'll cross the border with a self-constructed plane and unravel the tower's secret...
Actors:
Lesley Pedersen,
Takeshi Maeda,
Hirochika Kamize,
Masato Hagiwara,
Matthew Crawford,
Bretto Coleman,
Kalob Martinez,
Maki Saitou,
Jessica Boone,
Hilary Haag,
Rie Nakagawa,
...»
Lesley Pedersen
Takeshi Maeda
10 January 1975, Tokyo, Japan
Hirochika Kamize
Masato Hagiwara
21 August 1971, Kanagawa, Japan
Matthew Crawford
Bretto Coleman
Kalob Martinez
Maki Saitou
Jessica Boone
14 May 1984, Houston, Texas, USA
Hilary Haag
December 3, 1973 in San Antonio, Texas, USA
Rie Nakagawa
13 August 1948, Tokyo, Japan
Director:
Yoshio Suzuki ,
Makoto Shinkai
Yoshio Suzuki
Makoto Shinkai
9 February 1973, Nagano, Japan
Country:
Japan
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June 28, 2009
I suspect that in 20 years, film buffs worldwide will be pointing to The Place Promised in Our Early Days as the introductory work from one of cinema's first-rate directors.
June 17, 2005
By any standard it's impressive anime; as a feature debut it's a remarkable achievement.
June 17, 2005
Shinkai Makoto, who made the 30-minute 'Voices of a Distant Star' by himself on a laptop computer, has written and directed an anime that favors human emotions over robot battles.
Film Threat
July 20, 2005
Superior anime offering.
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
June 16, 2005
Eschews the standard deathdroids and fuzzy critters for a more grounded, hard SF approach. Shinkai's debut ... falls prey to a frustrating feedback loop of a plot.

