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Makoto Shinkai's your name. Film Gets Release in 85 Countries, Regions

The staff of film announced at a stage greeting event in Tokyo on Sunday that the film will be distributed in 85 countries and regions.

opened in Japan on Friday.

The Kimi no Na wa. film's "story of miracles and love" revolves around Mitsuha and Taki. Mitsuha is a female high school student who lives in a rural town nestled deep in the mountains. Her father is the mayor and isn't at home much, and she lives with her elementary school-aged little sister and her grandmother. Mitsuha has an honest personality, but she doesn't like the customs of her family's Shinto shrine, nor does she like her father participating in an election campaign. She laments that she lives in a confined rural town, and yearns for the wonderful lifestyle of living in Tokyo. Taki is a male high school student who lives in central Tokyo. He spends time with his friends, works part-time at an Italian restaurant, and is interested in architecture and fine arts. One day, Mitsuha has a dream where she is a young man. Taki also has a dream where he is a female high school student in a town in the mountains that he has never been to. What is the secret to their dreams of personal experience?

The film stars (Top row, from left to right in image above) Miyori no Mori's Granny) plays Mitsuha's grandmother.

(Bottom row, from left to right in image above) Kanon Tani plays Mitsuha's younger sister Yotsuba Miyamizu.

Shinkai also wrote the script for the film. CoMix Wave Inc. animated the film.

Shinkai The Place Promised in Our Early Days films have received novelizations by different authors.

Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web