The Place Promised in Our Early Days (movie)

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(The) Place Promised in Our Early Days (manga) (adaptation)

Alternative title:

Beyond the Clouds, The Promised Place

Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho (Japanese)

La Tour Au-delà Des Nuages (French)

За облаками (Russian)

ماوراء الغيوم، مكان الوعد (Arabic)

雲のむこう、約束の場所 (Japanese)

雲之彼端，約定的地方 (Chinese (Taiwan))

Genres: adventure, drama, romance, science fiction

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Objectionable content: Significant

Plot Summary: In an alternate timeline, Japan was divided after losing World War II: Hokkaido was annexed by "Union" while Honshu and other southern islands were under US sovereignty. A gigantic yet mysterious tower was constructed at Hokkaido and could be seen clearly from Aomori (the northernmost prefecture of Honshu) across Tsugaru Strait. In the summer of 1996, three 9th-graders had made a promise that one day they'll build an aircraft and unravel the tower's mystery, but their project was abandoned after the girl, Sayuri Sawatari, began experiencing sleeping sickness and transferred to Tokyo for better treatment. Three years later, Hiroki Fujisawa accidentally found out that Sayuri had been in coma since then, and he asked Takuya Shirakawa to help him finding a way to revive her. What they don't know yet is that Sayuri's unconsciousness is somehow linked with secrets of the tower and the world.

User Ratings: 2315 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 564 votes (sub:406, dub:124, raw:4, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:27

12 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian dubbed
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2 French subtitled
2 German dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
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Excellent: 651 votes (sub:480, dub:140, ?:5, raw:4, others:22

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Very good: 500 votes (sub:353, dub:115, ?:4, raw:2, others:26

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Good: 328 votes (sub:231, dub:78, raw:1, ?:1, others:17

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Decent: 124 votes (sub:87, dub:34, raw:1, ?:1, others:1

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So-so: 78 votes (sub:62, dub:14, raw:1, ?:1)

Not really good: 23 votes (sub:19, dub:3, others:1

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Weak: 25 votes (sub:19, dub:5, raw:1)

Bad: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:2, others:1

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Awful: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)

Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:1, others:1

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Seen in part or in whole by 3479 users, rank: #230 (of 5563)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.260 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.6506, rank: #276 (of 5553)
Weighted mean: 8.181 (Very good+), rank: #265 (of 5553) (seen all: 8.20 / seen some: 5.69 / won't finish: 3.44)
Bayesian estimate: 8.178 (Very good+), rank: #172 (of 4226)

Running time: 91 minutes

Vintage: 2004-11-20

Premiere date:

2004-11-20 (Japan - Cinema Rise Roadshow)

2005-05-10 (U.S. Theatrical Premiere)

Release dates: We have 4

Ending Theme:

"Kimi no Koe" by Kawashima Ai

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