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Millennium Actress

Name: Millennium Actress
Director: Satoshi Kon
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Released: 2002
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Miyoko Shoji, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa, Showko Tsuda, Shozo Iizuka

Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a key she had lost and thought was gone forever, the filmmaker could not have imagined that it would not only unlock the long-held secrets of Chiyoko’s life... but also his own.

2002 · Directed by Satoshi Kon · 87 min · Animation · Drama · Romance · 56 frames

Tagline

The magic of movies, the mystery of memory.

Crew

Screenplay: Satoshi Kon, Sadayuki Murai
Cinematography: Hisao Shirai
Edited by: Satoshi Terauchi
Music: Susumu Hirasawa
Produced by: Taro Maki

Cast

Miyoko Shoji as Chiyoko Fujiwara (70's) (voice)
Mami Koyama as Chiyoko Fujiwara (20-40's) (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa as Chiyoko Fujiwara (10-20's) (voice)
Showko Tsuda as Eiko Shimao (voice)
Shozo Iizuka as Genya Tachibana (voice)
Masaya Onosaka as Kyouji Ida (voice)
Masane Tsukayama as The Man with the Scar (voice)
Koichi Yamadera as The Man of the Key (voice)
Hisako Kyoda as Chiyoko's Mother (voice)
Tomie Kataoka as Mino (voice)

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Studios: Madhouse
Box office: $37,641
Themes: japan, china, key, surreal, earthquake, second sino-japanese war (1937-45), historical, recluse, adult animation, movie star

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