Millennium Actress (2002)

09/14/2002 (JP) • 1h 27m

Animation, Drama, Romance, Comedy, Fantasy

The magic of movies, the mystery of memory.

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.

Top Billed Cast

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)


Recommendations

Tokyo Godfathers

79%

Memories

74%

Mind Game

75%

Paprika

78%

Late Spring

80%

Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre

46%

The Red Queen Kills Seven Times

67%

Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy

66%

Kiki's Delivery Service

61%

Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

58%

Yobi, The Five-Tailed Fox

65%

Mezzo Forte

65%

The Decline of Western Civilization

71%

Future Cops

61%

All-Stars

66%

Where the Buffalo Roam

59%

Gauche the Cellist

72%

La Marseillaise

69%

Tea and Sympathy

69%

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

$37,641.00

Keywords

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

© All Rights Reserved 2025