GKIDS is bringing Makoto Shinkai’s your name. back to Canadian theatres this August. Celebrating the film’s 10th anniversary, it will be screened with a new 4K remaster. The movie was originally released in Japan in 2016, with Funimation giving it a theatrical release in Canada the following year. The film was an immense success in Japan and even wound up making the Canadian home video charts upon its disc release.
your name. was written and directed by Makoto Shinkai at CoMix Wave Films. Radwimps composed the score.
One morning, rural schoolgirl Mitsuha and city kid Taki awaken to discover that they’ve switched bodies. The total strangers struggle to navigate each other’s lives, walking tightropes of intimacy and distance. But when they finally resolve to meet, the true nature of their connection threatens to seal their fate.
Instantly iconic, your name. was a worldwide smash hit and heralded writer/director Makoto Shinkai as a new great master of animation. Its sumptuous attention to detail in yearning vistas and pulsing city streets, driven by an unforgettable score from RADWIMPS, elevates its central romance to world-rending levels of destiny and longing.
The film will screen open on August 14th with previews the night before. It will be available dubbed into English and in Japanese with English subtitles. To purchase tickets for the subtitled screenings, click here: Cineplex | Landmark. To purchase tickets for the dubbed screenings, click here: Cineplex | Landmark.
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For any last-minute changes plus additional screening dates, keep your eyes on the official website for the release.
