The Twilight Samurai vs Your Name.

Your Name. has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.8/10 for The Twilight Samurai). Your Name. is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 9m. The Twilight Samurai is the older of the two (2002 against 2016). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Twilight Samurai posterThe Twilight Samurai2002 VS Your Name. posterYour Name.2016
The Twilight SamuraiYour Name.
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 8.5/10
Year20022016
Length2h 9m1h 46m
GenresDrama, RomanceAnimation, Drama, Romance
Country–Japan
DirectorYoji YamadaMakoto Shinkai
Main castHiroyuki Sanada, Ren Osugi, Miki Ito, Min Tanaka, Mitsuru FukikoshiKazuhiko Inoue, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Chafurin, Kana Hanazawa, Kaito Ishikawa

Synopsis

The Twilight Samurai

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of…

Your Name.

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

Where to watch

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