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The Place Promised in Our Early Days

6.620041h 30mMovieAnimationAdventureDrama

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…

DirectorMakoto Shinkai
WriterMakoto Shinkai
ProducersMakoto Shinkai·John Ledford

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Cast · Directed by Makoto Shinkai

HYHidetaka Yoshioka
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Hiroki Fujisawa (voice)
MHMasato Hagiwara
Masato Hagiwara
Takuya Shirakawa (voice)
YNYuuka Nanri
Yuuka Nanri
Sayuri Sawatari (voice)
UIUnsho Ishizuka
Unsho Ishizuka
Okabe (voice)
KIKazuhiko Inoue
Kazuhiko Inoue
Tomizawa (voice)
RMRisa Mizuno
Risa Mizuno
Maki Kasahara (voice)
HKHidenobu Kiuchi
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Arisaka (voice)
MIMasami Iwasaki
Masami Iwasaki
Emishi Seisakujo Koin / Eki Shanai Announce / Byoin Incho (voice)
ETEiji Takemoto
Eiji Takemoto
Emishi Seisakujo Koin / TV News (voice)
THTakahiro Hirano
Takahiro Hirano
Emishi Seisakujo Koin / Daigakuinsei (voice)
TMTakeshi Maeda
Takeshi Maeda
Daigakuinsei / Radio Hoso (voice)
YN
Yûki Nakao
Joshi Seito (voice)

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