Directed by:
Makoto ShinkaiComposer:
Atsushi ShirakawaVOD (1)
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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. (Shout! Factory)
(more)Cast
![Hidetaka Yoshioka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/147/161147138_6e2d96.jpg)
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Japan
Best movies:
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Half a Confession (2004)
After the Rain (1999)
![Masato Hagiwara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/164/164164605_6e2c32.jpg)
Masato Hagiwara
Japan
Best movies:
Go (2001)
Chaos (1999)
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
Eiji Takemoto
Japan
Best movies:
Masami Iwasaki
Japan
Best movies:
Pluto (2023) (series)
5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Japan
Best movies:
Your Name. (2016)
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Swordsmith Village (2023)
Risa Mizuno
Japan
Best movies:
5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
Kousuke Kujirai
Japan
Best movies:
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
Gokusen: The Movie (2009)
Yûki Nakao
Japan
Best movies:
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
The Perfect World of Kai (2007)
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie (2004)
Takahiro Hirano
Japan
Best movies:
Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal (1999)
5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)