The Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 15,620 VOTES · DIR. Makoto Shinkai
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,105 lines
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00:00:08 She always said she felt like she was losing something.
00:04:35 Umm, since you guys are quitting the club today...
00:07:23 Bye bye. See you next term.
00:10:04 We both needed to see the island and the giant tower with our own two eyes.
00:14:16 Sorry. It just slipped out.
00:17:32 Yeah.
00:20:19 Yes, sir.
00:25:26 Hiroki's an idiot.
00:28:42 Shirakawa-kun is the closest one.
00:32:00 ...as to why the tower isn't used at full capacity.
00:34:54 No, it's not like that...
00:37:17 No.
00:40:06 Well, I think it'd work...
00:44:15 Three years ago, when Sayuri left us without saying goodbye...
00:48:32 No, nothing like that.
00:53:10 I have the same dream over and over again.
00:57:02 The subject's sleep really is the key to what's holding the tower at bay.
01:00:04 from the parallel universe sent to her by the tower.
01:03:18 Yeah.
01:07:09 ...who's drifting away from it.
01:10:19 That's why...
01:14:24 And, Takuya! What's with that error message?
01:17:45 But...
01:25:01 It's okay...
Cast & Characters
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Hiroki Fujisawa
Masato Hagiwara
Takuya Shirakawa
Yuka Nanri
Sayuri Sawatari
Unshô Ishizuka
Okabe
Kazuhiko Inoue
Tomizawa
Risa Mizuno
Maki Kasahara
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Arisaka
Masami Iwasaki
Emishi Seisakujo Koin
Masami Iwasaki
Eki Shanai Announce
Masami Iwasaki
Byoin Incho
Eiji Takemoto
Emishi Seisakujo Koin
Eiji Takemoto
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Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,105
Dialogue density12.3 lines / min
First line00:00:08
Final line01:25:01
Production Record
DirectorMakoto Shinkai
LanguageJapanese
Revenue$44,483
IMDb votes15,620