GAWISAN, GLADYS GRAIL G.

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EAPP- CRITIQUE PAPER

The movie KIMI NO NA WA or known as “Your Name” is a Japanese movie released on

December of 2016. Its writer and director Makoto Shinkai said that the movie was inspired by
the earthquake that struck Japan in 2011. The movie portrays ties, deep connections, and
differences that people have. It is also deals with time travelling, spiritual beliefs, and switching
bodies.
Your name is a story of Mitsuha Miyamizu a teenage girl that lives in the rural area of Itomori,
Japan and a city boy named Taki Tachibana that lives in Tokyo, Japan. The characters switches
bodies randomly whenever they fall asleep. Mitsuha wakes up on Taki’s body while Taki wakes
up on Mitsuha’s. Every time they’re back to their real bodies they have no memory of what
happened on the day of the switch, that’s why they have to write everything that happened on
each other’s phone in order for them to know what the other is up to.
The movie signifies the strong bond and connection within people that is called “MUSUBI”.