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Millennium Actress

PG-13
Movie
2002
1h 27m
Japanese
Animation, Drama, Romance
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.
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Miyoko Shoji
Chiyoko Fujiwara (70's) (voice)
Mami Koyama
Chiyoko Fujiwara (20-40's) ( voice)
Fumiko Orikasa
Chiyoko Fujiwara (10-20's) (voice)
Showko Tsuda
Eiko Shimao (voice)
Shozo Iizuka
Genya Tachibana (voice)
Masaya Onosaka
Kyouji Ida (voice)
Masane Tsukayama
The Man with the Scar (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
The Man of the Key (voice)
Hisako Kyoda
Chiyoko's Mother (voice)
Tomie Kataoka
Mino (voice)
Directed By: Satoshi Kon, Kou Matsuo
Written By: Satoshi Kon (Original Story), Sadayuki Murai (Screenplay)

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Random Cinephile says...
7 years ago
An emotional roller coaster, even though Satoshi Kon doesn't use the big guns for this show (usually that means pointing out the most disturbing aspects of the human psyche and nature) it still manages to create a memorable movie, a trip in Japan's pre and post World War 2, and history of cinema.
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fknfuu says...
7 years ago
'after all, it was the chasing that i really loved.'
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Silrog says...
7 years ago
I was honestly underwhelmed. I love history, Japan and the anthology film format. So Millennium Actress should be perfect for me, logically. In reality nothing about Millennium Actress managed to convince me.
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crxssed says...
11 months ago
all that for a guy she bumped into **ONCE**. for all she knew he was a criminal. great concept but so lazy with the romance (as with most anime romances).
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deanzel
9/10  10 years ago
Millennium Actress, which is directed by Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Paprika, Paranoia Agent), is without a doubt his defining masterpiece in my opinion. This movie is a complete directorial tour de force and Kon literally blew my mind away with the editing, style and art that he displays in almost e More
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