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Millennium Actress (2002)

Millennium Actress (2002)

Drama Romance Fantasy Animation

The magic of movies, the mystery of memory.

Release Date: 2002, September 14
Directors: Satoshi Kon
Countries: Japan
Production: Madhouse
Cast: Koichi Yamadera, Mami Koyama, Hisako Kyoda, Tomie Kataoka, Shozo Iizuka, Fumiko Orikasa, Masane Tsukayama, Showko Tsuda, Masaya Onosaka, Miyoko Shoji

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

anime adult animation surreal japan adventure actress china edo period historical accident movie star key earthquake story within the story recluse movie studio meiji period sengoku period second sino-japanese war (1937-45) shouwa period recollection