Your Name Engraved Herein

Your Name Engraved Herein

Who is the one linger in your heart after all these years?

Directed by Liu Kuang-Hui

Produced by Oxygen Film Studio, CMC Entertainment

2020115 min7.9 / 10

A tender yet sorrowful coming-of-age romance about two young men navigating forbidden love in 1980s Taiwan, caught between desire and the crushing weight of social expectation.

In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.

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  • Is Your Name Engraved Herein sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.

  • Is Your Name Engraved Herein violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Does Your Name Engraved Herein end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Your Name Engraved Herein scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Your Name Engraved Herein easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

88/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity75

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise94

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love95

How much audiences actually like it

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