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Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho (The Place Promised in Our Early Days)

Synopsis: Two young boys Hiroki and Takuya had always admired two things, one was Sayuri Sawatari, an energetic lovely girl from their high school class and another a sky reaching tower standing tall and could be visible from hundreds of miles away from another end of Japan.





Japan now divided into two, after the World War II. While one part of original Japan came in terms with the United Nations Treaties, but other half remained an obnoxious part declared themselves the “Union” and despite UN’s pressure, remained focused on developing military capabilities.The mysterious tower, the original purpose of which was unknown, the international community considered that to be a major threat and probably a means of future terrorism plotted by “Union”.


The two boys shared one common dream to reach that tower by their hand made aircraft. It had been a common dream of only the two of them… until Sayuri found out.


A romantic story that starts to unfold from the very moment when the two boys promised Sayuri to take her with them to the place where their dream lies. The journey to reach their dream remains a distant goal but every impossible seemed possible for the two boys, because they now have a promise to fulfill to a girl they admired since middle school. However the two boys’ dream was given a setback when Sayuri stopped showing up at their secret hanger.



Review: Now you have seen all these breath taking Hollywood Movies and admiring some directors like some guys out of this planet, well if you haven’t heard of Makoto Shinkai, you just don’t know what is directions out of this universe.


The plot is set in a different time-line when after the WWII, Japan got divided. The originality of history is a bit sidelined and the idea of a divided japan is wisely portrayed in one of the most conventionality of divided nation, one developing in economy and life standards while the other moving on to become a military warhead.


The characters were set with depth of imagination. Hiroki is a fun loving brilliant student but never been proposed for a date. Takuya however, a more gloomy and serious kinda guy, who turned down almost all the girls from his school. Hiroki might not show it, he actually has a crush over Sayuri. Takuya notices that, and despite having a deep admiration for Sayuri himself, seemingly he decides to let go of his feelings for his best friend. As for Sayuri, although she never showed any special attention for either of the two, deep down, she already has fallen for one of them.


The plot, although a romantic story as it seems, transcended the boundary set by regular romantic stories and turned out to be one of the most thoroughly imagined storyline yet in modern movies. What Spielberg could do, Makoto did even better.


To be honest, I don’t really wanna put something here that might end up being a spoiler, but hey, I am giving the ratings now in short for your consideration.


Storyline: 10/10

Plot and Settings: 10/10

Characters: 10/10

Backgrounds: 11/10 Hell yeah.

Background Music: 10/10

Ending Theme: 11/10

Re-watch Value: 11/10

Overall: 10.5/10


If you think I had been given it a little too much appreciation in all sections, just watch the movie and come by to correct me in which part it should have scored 12/10 lol :P