Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho - Information

In "Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho" (also known as "The Place Promised in Our Early Days"), the 2004 film directed by Makoto Shinkai, the story follows three childhood friends, Hiroki, Takuya, and Sayuri, who promise to build a plane and fly together to a mysterious place called "The Peninsula". Throughout the film, we discover that Sayuri is in a coma and trapped in a secret scientific experiment carried out during the war. Hiroki and Takuya go their separate ways but eventually reunite to try to fulfill the promise they made to Sayuri. At the end of the film, Hiroki and Takuya manage to complete the plane and fly towards the Peninsula, a place that exists in a parallel universe where Sayuri is trapped. They succeed in rescuing Sayuri and bringing her back to the real world, where she finally wakes up from the coma. The story ends with Hiroki, Takuya, and Sayuri reunited in a gray, post-apocalyptic setting, reflecting on their journeys and the power of the promise made in childhood. It is an emotional and reflective ending that questions the meaning of time and human connections.