Millennium Actress

Millennium Actress

87 mins | Drama, Animation, Romance | Sept. 14, 2002

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.

Millennium Actress

87 mins | Drama, Animation, Romance | Sept. 14, 2002

Millennium Actress
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Madhouse
Original title 千年女優
Directors Satoshi Kon
Writers Sadayuki Murai, Satoshi Kon

Cast

Miyoko Shoji

as Chiyoko Fujiwara (70's) (voice)

Mami Koyama

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

Fumiko Orikasa

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

Showko Tsuda

as Eiko Shimao (voice)

Shozo Iizuka

as Genya Tachibana (voice)

Masaya Onosaka

as Kyouji Ida (voice)

Masane Tsukayama

as The Man with the Scar (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

as The Man of the Key (voice)

Hisako Kyoda

as Chiyoko's Mother (voice)

Tomie Kataoka

as Mino (voice)