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Name: Your Name
Genre: Animation, Romance, Drama
Released: 2016
Duration: 106 min

君の名は。

2016 · 106 min · Animation

A country girl and a Tokyo boy who have never met inexplicably begin swapping bodies in their sleep, forging a strange bond across distance — until a cosmic event threatens to sever their connection. Makoto Shinkai's dazzling, emotional animated romance.

Runtime: 106 min
Genre: Animation · Romance · Drama
Mood: romantic · thoughtful · dreamlike
Entry: some context
Best for: animation fans

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Part of 10 Essential Japanese Films

This film is stop 5 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Japan. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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