{ "id": "epksz8250m", "slug": "your-name-engraved-herein", "title": "Your Name Engraved Herein", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.drama-biographical", "label": "Drama and biographical films (individual works)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.drama-biographical" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.drama-biographical.drama-films-2020-to-2022", "label": "Drama films 2020 to 2022", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.drama-biographical.drama-films-2020-to-2022" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.drama-biographical", "label": "China · 2001 to 2020: Drama and biographical films (individual works)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.drama-biographical", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001", "label": "China · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.drama-biographical", "label": "Drama and biographical films (individual works)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.drama-biographical" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Your Name Engraved Herein (刻在你心底的名字) is a 2020 Taiwanese romantic drama by director Patrick Liu, starring Edward Chen and Jing-Hua Tseng; Taiwan's highest-grossing LGBTQ film, set in 1987, a Golden Horse winner streaming on Netflix.", "snippet": "Your Name Engraved Herein (刻在你心底的名字) is a 2020 Taiwanese romantic drama by director Patrick Liu, starring Edward Chen and Jing-Hua Tseng; Taiwan's highest-grossing LGBTQ film, set in 1987, a Golden Horse winner streaming on Netflix.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.drama-biographical.drama-films-2020-to-2022", "markdown": "# Your Name Engraved Herein\n\n**Your Name Engraved Herein** (刻在你心底的名字; pinyin: Kē zài nǐ xīndǐ de míngzì, literally 'The name engraved in your heart') is a 2020 Taiwanese romantic drama film directed by Patrick Liu (Liu Kuang-hui) and produced by Arthur Chu (Chu Yu-ning), starring Edward Chen and Jing-Hua Tseng.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-announces-exclusive-premiere-of-your-name-engraved-herein) Set in 1987 as Taiwan's martial law ends, it follows two boys at a Catholic all-male high school whose friendship grows into a first love they must conceal.[2](https://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/film/programme/films/detail/2905?r=en) The film became Taiwan's highest-grossing LGBTQ film of all time and won Golden Horse Awards for Best Original Song and Best Cinematography.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-announces-exclusive-premiere-of-your-name-engraved-herein)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Original title | 刻在你心底的名字 (Kē zài nǐ xīndǐ de míngzì) |\n| Director / producer | Patrick Liu (Liu Kuang-hui) / Arthur Chu (Chu Yu-ning), Oxygen Film[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-announces-exclusive-premiere-of-your-name-engraved-herein) |\n| Setting | 1987, Taiwan, just after the lifting of martial law[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/your_name_engraved_herein) |\n| Taiwan release | September 30, 2020; 114 minutes[2](https://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/film/programme/films/detail/2905?r=en) |\n| Box office | Surpassed NT$100 million (around US$3.5 million) in December 2020, one of only two domestic films to reach that marker that year[4](https://time.com/5922735/your-name-engraved-herein-true-story/) |\n| Golden Horse Awards | 5 nominations in 2020; won Best Original Song and Best Cinematography[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-announces-exclusive-premiere-of-your-name-engraved-herein) |\n| Streaming | Exclusive global premiere on Netflix, December 23, 2020[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-announces-exclusive-premiere-of-your-name-engraved-herein) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Story and setting\n\nThe film is set in 1987, when decades of martial law were lifted in Taiwan, opening a gradual transition toward greater freedoms of speech and press in a society where homophobia was widespread and openly gay people were largely ostracized.[4](https://time.com/5922735/your-name-engraved-herein-true-story/) Chang Jia-han, nicknamed A-Han (Edward Chen), meets the bohemian Birdy (Jing-Hua Tseng) in the woodwind instrument club of a Catholic high school led by a Canadian priest, Father Oliver (Fabio Grangeon).[2](https://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/film/programme/films/detail/2905?r=en) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10329134/plotsummary/) Their friendship develops into something more, but when the school begins admitting female students, Birdy pushes A-Han away by pretending to fall for a girl named Ban-Ban (Mimi Shao), and the misunderstanding separates them.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-announces-exclusive-premiere-of-your-name-engraved-herein) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10329134/plotsummary/)\n\nA-Han confides his feelings to Father Oliver, questioning why his love goes against the Bible's teachings; the film opens with a line from Song of Solomon 8:7, \"Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.\"[4](https://time.com/5922735/your-name-engraved-herein-true-story/) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10329134/plotsummary/) After graduation the two drift apart, and thirty years later the trio meet again as adults, played by Leon Dai and Wang Shih-sian.[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10329134/plotsummary/) • [6](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/your-name-engraved-herein)\n\n## Autobiographical roots\n\nDirector Patrick Liu had previously worked mainly on Taiwanese television idol dramas and music videos.[2](https://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/film/programme/films/detail/2905?r=en) For this film he turned to his own biography: the arc of A-Han is about \"80%\" based on Liu's own experiences, and Liu described the project as \"about my first love, and my first love happened to be a story of a boy liking another boy.\"[4](https://time.com/5922735/your-name-engraved-herein-true-story/) He teamed with producer Arthur Chu, who had attended the same high school and knew his story.[4](https://time.com/5922735/your-name-engraved-herein-true-story/) Production began in 2018, before Taiwan's marriage-equality legislation was enacted, while the topic was still publicly contested; in November 2018 a referendum showed voter support for restricting marriage to a man and a woman.[4](https://time.com/5922735/your-name-engraved-herein-true-story/)\n\nThe film also honors the gay-rights activist Chi Chia-wei, who has campaigned for more than 30 years: in one scene A-Han and Birdy see Chi protesting in Taipei with a sign reading \"homosexuality is not a disease,\" wearing his iconic outfit made of condoms, recreated by the costume designer and staged at the site where Chi had protested in the past.[4](https://time.com/5922735/your-name-engraved-herein-true-story/)\n\n## Box office and reception\n\nThe film screened in Taiwan from September 30, 2020, and broke box office records a week after release, earning NT$30 million (about US$1 million).[2](https://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/film/programme/films/detail/2905?r=en) • [7](https://www.contentasia.tv/eNewsletter/2020/ContentAsia_eNewsletter_23-29_Nov_2020.pdf) By early December 2020 it had surpassed NT$100 million (around US$3.5 million), making it one of only two domestic films to reach that marker in 2020 and Taiwan's highest-grossing LGBTQ-themed movie of all time.[4](https://time.com/5922735/your-name-engraved-herein-true-story/)\n\nOn Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an 88% Tomatometer from 8 critics and a 92% audience score; reviewers highlighted the two lead performances and the cinematography, with the New York Times noting that Liu \"gives texture to their pretty pining.\"[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/your_name_engraved_herein)\n\n## Music and awards\n\nThe self-titled theme song was composed by the songwriters Hsu Yuan-Ting, Chia Wang, and Chen Wen-Hua and performed by the artist Crowd Lu; it won Best Original Song at the Golden Horse Awards, and its music video approached 20 million views on YouTube.[4](https://time.com/5922735/your-name-engraved-herein-true-story/) At the 2020 Golden Horse Awards, the most prestigious annual award for Chinese-language films, the film received five nominations and won Best Original Song and Best Cinematography (cinematography by Yao Hung-i).[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-announces-exclusive-premiere-of-your-name-engraved-herein) • [8](https://about.netflix.com/zh_cn/news/netflix-announces-exclusive-premiere-of-your-name-engraved-herein) Edward Chen was nominated for Best New Performer.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-announces-exclusive-premiere-of-your-name-engraved-herein) The film also opened the 2020 Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival and the Taiwan International Queer Film Festival, and was selected for the New Directors Competition at the São Paulo International Film Festival.[9](https://goldenhorse.org.tw/fpp/completed/detail/9450)\n\n## Global release\n\nNetflix announced an exclusive worldwide streaming premiere on December 23, 2020, bringing the film to audiences in more than 190 countries.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-announces-exclusive-premiere-of-your-name-engraved-herein) Liu said he hoped LGBTQ communities in other parts of Asia, specifically Malaysia and Singapore, where laws criminalizing same-sex relations remain in place, would see the film, adding, \"You are allowed to love, you are not guilty.\"[4](https://time.com/5922735/your-name-engraved-herein-true-story/) The film remains available on Netflix.[6](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/your-name-engraved-herein)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Netflix Announces Exclusive Premiere of 'Your Name Engraved Herein', About Netflix](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-announces-exclusive-premiere-of-your-name-engraved-herein)\n2. [Your Name Engraved Herein, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival](https://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/film/programme/films/detail/2905?r=en)\n3. [Your Name Engraved Herein, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/your_name_engraved_herein)\n4. [The Real Events That Inspired Your Name Engraved Herein, TIME](https://time.com/5922735/your-name-engraved-herein-true-story/)\n5. [Your Name Engraved Herein (2020) – Plot, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10329134/plotsummary/)\n6. [Your Name Engraved Herein streaming: where to watch online, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/your-name-engraved-herein)\n7. [ContentAsia eNewsletter, 23–29 November 2020](https://www.contentasia.tv/eNewsletter/2020/ContentAsia_eNewsletter_23-29_Nov_2020.pdf)\n8. [NETFLIX 宣布独家首播《刻在你心底的名字》, About Netflix (Chinese)](https://about.netflix.com/zh_cn/news/netflix-announces-exclusive-premiere-of-your-name-engraved-herein)\n9. 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