The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
Kumo no mukô, yakusoku no basho (original title)Reference View | Change View
- TV-PG
- 1h 30min
- Animation, Drama
- 20 Nov 2004 (Japan)
- Movie
In an alternate postwar timeline, Japan is divided into the Union-controlled North and the US-controlled South.
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Awards:
- 1 win & 1 nomination.
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Cast
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Hidetaka Yoshioka | ... |
Hiroki Fujisawa (voice)
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Masato Hagiwara | ... |
Takuya Shirakawa (voice)
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| Yuka Nanri | ... |
Sayuri Sawatari (voice)
(as Yuuka Nanri)
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| Unshô Ishizuka | ... |
Okabe (voice)
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| Kazuhiko Inoue | ... |
Tomizawa (voice)
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Risa Mizuno | ... |
Maki Kasahara (voice)
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Hidenobu Kiuchi | ... |
Arisaka (voice)
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Masami Iwasaki | ... |
Emishi Seisakujo Koin / Eki Shanai Announce / Byoin Incho (voice)
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Eiji Takemoto | ... |
Emishi Seisakujo Koin / TV News (voice)
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Takahiro Hirano | ... |
Emishi Seisakujo Koin / Daigakuinsei (voice)
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Takeshi Maeda | ... |
Daigakuinsei / Radio Hoso (voice)
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Rie Nakagawa | ... |
Joshi Seito / Josei Kangoshi (voice)
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Yûki Nakao | ... |
Joshi Seito (voice)
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Maki Saito | ... |
Joshi Seito / Josei Kangoshi (voice)
(as Maki Saitou)
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Kousuke Kujirai | ... |
Danshi Seito (voice)
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Bretto Coleman | ... |
Beigunjin (voice)
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Ian O'Neal | ... |
NSA (voice)
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Hirochika Kamize | ... |
Jushisen Keikoku (voice)
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| Jessica Boone | ... |
Sayuri Sawatari (voice)
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Matthew Crawford | ... |
Male Student (voice)
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James Z. Erivayer | ... |
Graduate Student (voice)
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Jacob A. Gragard | ... |
Emishi Plant Worker (voice)
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| John Gremillion | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Illich Guardiola | ... |
Arisaka (voice)
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| Hilary Haag | ... |
Female Student (voice)
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| Jay Hickman | ... |
Graduate Student (voice)
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Adam Jones | ... |
Emishi Plant Worker (voice)
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Jacob Jones | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Andrew Love | ... |
Emishi Plant Worker (voice)
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| Kalob Martinez | ... |
Takuya Sawatari (voice)
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| Andy McAvin | ... |
Tomizawa (voice)
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| Rob Mungle | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Chris Nelson | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Mariela Ortiz | ... |
Female Student (voice)
(as Mariela Oritz)
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| Chris Patton | ... |
Hiroki Fujisawa (voice)
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Carl Ruthers | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| John Swasey | ... |
Okabe (voice)
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| Lesley Tesh | ... |
Female Student (voice)
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| Kira Vincent-Davis | ... |
Maki Kasahara (voice)
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Directed by
| Makoto Shinkai | ||
| Yoshio Suzuki | ... | (co-director) |
Written by
| Makoto Shinkai | ... | (original story) |
| Makoto Shinkai | ... | (screenplay) |
| Steven Foster | ... | (adaptation) |
Produced by
| Kiyonori Hiramatsu | ... | animation producer |
| John Ledford | ... | executive producer |
| Makoto Shinkai | ... | producer |
| Naomi Tôda | ... | promotional producer (as Naomi Toda) |
| Mark Williams | ... | executive producer |
Music by
| Tenmon | ||
Cinematography by
| Makoto Shinkai | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Makoto Shinkai | ||
Editorial Department
| Daisuke Atsumi | ... | HD film converter |
| Yuuko Hasegawa | ... | assistant IQ editor |
| Yûko Shimura | ... | film lab coordinator |
| Yoshinari Yamazaki | ... | IQ editor |
Casting By
| Makoto Matsuda | ||
Art Direction by
| Takumi Tanji | ... | (art) |
Art Department
| Yasushi Ebihara | ... | background art |
| Keiko Gôda | ... | painter: Studio M (as Keiko Gouda) |
| Akira Hirosawa | ... | background art |
| Akiko Majima | ... | background art |
| Ayumi Maruyama | ... | painter: Studio M |
| Kiyoshi Ochiai | ... | background art |
| Makoto Shinkai | ... | art / background art / color designer / storyboard artist |
| Yuko Tanaka | ... | art cooperation |
| Arata Toma | ... | background art |
| Madoka Ôki | ... | painter: Studio M (as Madoka Ohki) |
Sound Department
| Bungo Fujiwara | ... | recording director |
| Jacob A. Gragard | ... | adr recordist |
| Shôji Katô | ... | sound effects |
| Shinji Kazama | ... | sound effects assistant |
| Rie Komiya | ... | sound effects assistant |
| Kazuhiko Miyamoto | ... | mixing engineer / sound recording engineer |
| Keiichirô Morimoto | ... | mixing assistant |
| Makoto Shinkai | ... | sound director |
| Makoto Sumiya | ... | mixing engineer |
| Hitoshi Yamada | ... | sound recording engineer |
Special Effects by
| Makoto Shinkai | ... | model designer: Bela Cielo / modeler |
Animation Department
| Akinori Anzai | ... | in-between animator: XEBEC |
| Yûji Emoto | ... | in-between animator: TANTO (as Yuji Emoto) |
| Tetsuo Hirakawa | ... | animation cooperation |
| Daisuke Hiramaki | ... | in-between animator: XEBEC |
| Akira Hirosawa | ... | cel brushing |
| Akira Hosogaya | ... | animation cooperation |
| Daisuke Ito | ... | in-between animator: TANTO |
| Satomi Kashihara | ... | in-between animator: XEBEC |
| Katsuhiko Kitada | ... | in-between animator: XEBEC |
| Mayumi Kitamura | ... | animation cooperation |
| Chizuru Kobayashi | ... | in-between animator: XEBEC |
| Chika Kojima | ... | animation cooperation |
| Tetsuya Koshizaki | ... | animation cooperation |
| Kiyotaka Oshiyama | ... | in-between animator: XEBEC |
| Tomoyo Sawada | ... | in-between animator: XEBEC |
| Ryôsuke Sekiguchi | ... | animation cooperation (as Ryousuke Sekiguchi) |
| Hiromi Suzuki | ... | assistant animation director |
| Aya Takano | ... | in-between animator: asread |
| Takumi Tanji | ... | background artist / cel brushing |
| Ushio Tazawa | ... | character designer / chief animation director |
| Mihoko Tomita | ... | in-between animator: Kagura |
| Rie Usui | ... | animation cooperation |
Music Department
| Bungo Fujiwara | ... | music producer |
| Hiroyuki Koike | ... | musician: first violin |
| Rei Koike | ... | musician: second violin |
| Noriko Mihara | ... | music engineer |
| Toshio Okazawa | ... | musician: guitar |
| Kazuhisa Saito | ... | musician: viola |
| Nobukazu Sakai | ... | music production coordinator |
| Youji Sugiyama | ... | contractor: strings |
| Seiichi Takahashi | ... | musician: piano |
Additional Crew
| Hiroaki Hirabayashi | ... | subtitle timing |
| Yukihiro Ishikawa | ... | DVD extras editor |
| Yumiko Kikuchi | ... | production accountant |
| Mikio Mori | ... | cooperation: dolby film |
| Chiharu Ochiai | ... | DVD booklet designer / DVD extras producer / promotional design |
| Shinichiro Yoshida | ... | researcher |
Thanks
| Yasuki Hamano | ... | thanks |
| Norio Ikawa | ... | thanks |
| Yutaka Kamata | ... | thanks |
| Hikaru Kondô | ... | special thanks (as Hikaru Kondo) |
| Kenichiro Kuroiwa | ... | thanks |
| Yoshikazu Miyagawa | ... | thanks |
| Takahiro Otsuki | ... | thanks |
| Masaya Sakamoto | ... | thanks |
| Haruhisa Shinkai | ... | thanks |
| Masayasu Takigawa | ... | thanks |
| Daisuke Umezu | ... | thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- CoMix Wave (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
- ADV Films (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- CoMix Wave (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
- Pathé Distribution (2009) (France) (DVD)
- Rapid Eye Movies (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
- AV Visionen Filmverleih (2017) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- AV Visionen Filmverleih (2017) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Selecta Visión (2017) (Spain)
- GKIDS (2022) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Shout! Factory (2022) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- The Criterion Channel (2024) (United States) (tv) (streaming) (subtitled)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Anime Sound Production (sound effects)
- CoMix Wave (soundtrack)
- M.O.F.C. (dvd authoring & encoding)
- Sound Inn (music recorded at)
- Tokyo TV Center (multi-audio studio)
- Twofive (music production)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
The story takes place in a alternate postwar period, in 1996, where Japan is divided. Hokkaido is ruled by the "Union" while Honshu and other southern islands are under US authority. 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, but their project was abandoned after the girl, Sayuri Sawatari, became mysteriously ill and transferred to Tokyo. Years later on the brink of another war Hiroki Fujisawa finds out that Sayuri had been in coma since then, and he asks Takuya Shirakawa to help him finding a way to wake her up. Written by Anonymous |
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| Taglines | Against all odds, a promise will be kept. See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Makoto Shinkai intended to draw the background art himself but with an estimated 1000 cuts needed this would have been impossible for Shinkai to do alone and the film's animation producer, Kiyonori Hiramatsu went to Tokyo Art University to scout for artists. Adding to complications, many of the students were recruited from oil painting classes and had no experience in creating digital backgrounds and many hadn't even used PCs before. See more » |
| Goofs | English subtitles spell prophecies (used as a noun) as prophesies (the verb). See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Top 10 Underappreciated Anime Movies (2016). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Kimi no Koe See more » |
| Crazy Credits | There's a brief shot after the credits. See more » |
| Quotes |
Hiroki Fujisawa:
[Narrating]
Living alone, the nights seemed to last forever. When I couldn't pass the time effectively, I went to a nearby train station and pretended to wait for someone. See more » |