The Place Promised in Our Early Days is a 2004 Japanese-language Animation Drama film written by Makoto Shinkai and Steven Foster. The movie is directed by Makoto Shinkai and Yoshio Suzuki. In an alternate postwar timeline, Japan is divided into the Union-controlled North and the US-controlled South. The place promised in our early days features Hidetaka Yoshioka in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Masato Hagiwara, Yuka Nanri, Unshô Ishizuka, Kazuhiko Inoue, Risa Mizuno and Hidenobu Kiuchi. It was released on 20th November 2004.