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The Place Promised in Our Early Days
JAPAN · 2004

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Makoto Shinkai
alternate history Cold War division childhood promises technological mystery cross-border romance
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Synopsis

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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