Millennium Actress

Sep 14, 2002

1h 27m

★ 7.9

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.

Genres

Animation

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Madhouse

Millennium Actress Trailers

Cast

Chiyoko Fujiwara (70's) (voice)

Miyoko Shoji

Chiyoko Fujiwara (20-40's) (voice)

Mami Koyama

Chiyoko Fujiwara (10-20's) (voice)

Fumiko Orikasa

Eiko Shimao (voice)

Showko Tsuda

Genya Tachibana (voice)

Shozo Iizuka

Kyouji Ida (voice)

Masaya Onosaka

The Man with the Scar (voice)

Masane Tsukayama

The Man of the Key (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Chiyoko's Mother (voice)

Hisako Kyoda

Mino (voice)

Tomie Kataoka

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