Kimi No Na Wa (Original title)Your Name (Alternative title)Your Name. (Alternative title)
Date: 2016 (Production)Country: JapanDirector: Makoto Shinkai
Synopsis: Two teenagers' lives are changed forever when the first visible comet for a thousand years approaches Japan. Mitsuha lives in a rural area and longs to leave, whilst Taki waits tables in Tokyo when he's not studying. Despite never having met, they both begin to dream about each other, imagining that somehow they have exchanged bodies and are existing in parallel lives. As this phenomenon continues, they start communicating with each other via messages left on smartphones and resolve to meet to make sense of what is happening to them. Despite the fun body-swap vibe that our heroes initially experience, a dark journey lies ahead. Considered by many as the heir to Miyazaki, Makota Shinkai (5 Centimeters Per Second, The Garden of Words) proves himself to be a master of precise, beautifully observed animation, with every scene rich in detail. As a writer, he delivers an emotionally-charged story, cleverly balancing contemporary feel, traditional influence and sci-fi elements, which keep the viewer enthralled as the drama moves towards its awe-inspiring conclusion. This is a thought-provoking, mature work by one of Japan's finest filmmakers. And it marks the first time an animated film has appeared in our Official Competition.
Genre: Animation
Subjects: Teenagers, Body swaps
Releases
Date: 14 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 107 mins Dialogue (original): Japanese / Subtitles: English
Title: Doraemon and Your Name in China: the complicated business of mediatized memory in East AsiaAuthor: Zahlten, AlexanderArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Examines 'mediatized memory' in East Asia through an analysis of the recent commercial success of two animated Japanese films in the Chinese film market: 'Stand by Me Doraemon' (2014) and 'Your Name' (2016). Considers the intersection of official policy, business strategy and reception, and the influence of factors including commonality/difference and nation/region. Part of the dossier 'Reorienting Asian cinema in the age of the Chinese film market'.
Date: 2016 (Production)Country: JapanDirector: Makoto Shinkai
Synopsis: Two teenagers' lives are changed forever when the first visible comet for a thousand years approaches Japan. Mitsuha lives in a rural area and longs to leave, whilst Taki waits tables in Tokyo when he's not studying. Despite never having met, they both begin to dream about each other, imagining that somehow they have exchanged bodies and are existing in parallel lives. As this phenomenon continues, they start communicating with each other via messages left on smartphones and resolve to meet to make sense of what is happening to them. Despite the fun body-swap vibe that our heroes initially experience, a dark journey lies ahead. Considered by many as the heir to Miyazaki, Makota Shinkai (5 Centimeters Per Second, The Garden of Words) proves himself to be a master of precise, beautifully observed animation, with every scene rich in detail. As a writer, he delivers an emotionally-charged story, cleverly balancing contemporary feel, traditional influence and sci-fi elements, which keep the viewer enthralled as the drama moves towards its awe-inspiring conclusion. This is a thought-provoking, mature work by one of Japan's finest filmmakers. And it marks the first time an animated film has appeared in our Official Competition.
Genre: Animation
Subjects: Teenagers, Body swaps
Releases
Date: 14 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 107 mins Dialogue (original): Japanese / Subtitles: English
Credits
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Production Company: Toho Co. Ltd., Production Company: CoMix Wave Inc., Executive Producer: Minami Ichikawa, Executive Producer: Noritaka Kawaguchi, Produced by: Yoshihiro Furasawa, Written by: Makoto Shinkai, Photography: Masashi Ando, Editor: Makoto Shinkai, Character Designer: Masayoshi Tanaka, Music: Radwimps, Sound Designer: Eiko Morikawa
Cast
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Ryunosuke Kamiki (voice of Taki Tachibana), Mone Kamishiraishi (voice of Mitsuha Miyamizu), Ryô Narita (voice of Katsuhiko Teshigawara 'Tessie'), Aoi Yuki (voice of Sayaka Natori), Nobunaga Shimazaki (voice of Tsukasa Fujii), Kaito Ishikawa (voice of Shinta Takagi), Kanon Tani (voice of Yotsuha Miyamizu), Masaki Terasoma (voice of Toshiki Miyamizu), Kazuhiko Inoue (voice of Taki's father), Chafûrin (voice of Teshigawara's father), Kana Hanazawa (voice of teacher), Etsuko Ichihara (voice of Hitoha Miyamizu), Masami Nagasawa (voice of Miki Okudera)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Screen v60 n2 Summer 2019 Pages: 311-321Title: Doraemon and Your Name in China: the complicated business of mediatized memory in East AsiaAuthor: Zahlten, AlexanderArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Examines 'mediatized memory' in East Asia through an analysis of the recent commercial success of two animated Japanese films in the Chinese film market: 'Stand by Me Doraemon' (2014) and 'Your Name' (2016). Considers the intersection of official policy, business strategy and reception, and the influence of factors including commonality/difference and nation/region. Part of the dossier 'Reorienting Asian cinema in the age of the Chinese film market'.