Millennium Actress (2002)

• 87 min

7.8

The magic of movies, the mystery of memory.

Directed by: Satoshi Kon
Casting: Miyoko Shoji, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa, Showko Tsuda, Shozo Iizuka, Masaya Onosaka, Masane Tsukayama, Koichi Yamadera, Hisako Kyoda, Tomie Kataoka
Countries: Japan
Premiere: 2002-09-14
Status: Released

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

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.