Japan Synopsis
雲のむこう、約束の場所
“Against all odds, a promise will be kept.”
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.
Audience Engagement
460 audience reviews — more than 93% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (93th percentile) outruns trending popularity (69th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Place Promised in Our Early Days. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From CoMix Wave Films
Animation + Adventure in Japan
1018 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Place Promised in Our Early Days itself).
The 2003–2005 Japan Window
The Place Promised in Our Early Days holds position #169 of 298 Japan films in the 2003–2005 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Place Promised in Our Early Days premiered alongside 95 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 95 other Japan films in 2004.
The 1650th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Place Promised in Our Early Days, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- violin · 4
- alternate timeline · 4
- foreign occupation · 2
- airplane · 17
- 1990s · 14
- anime · 711
- adult animation · 101
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,901 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (37th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,874 of 2,532 (top 74%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | CoMix Wave Films |
| Runtime | 1h 30m |
| Release Date | November 20, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0381348 |
| Official Site | www.kumonomukou.com |