Fresh
Given its complex array of fact, fiction, location, character and atmosphere, Millennium Actress is almost unimaginable in any other medium.
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Millennium Actress
The magic of movies, the mystery of memory.
2002 · 1h 27m · PG
Animation, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Satoshi Kon
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Millennium Actress
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.
Director and cast
- Satoshi Kon Director
- Mami Koyama as Chiyoko Fujiwara
- Miyoko Shoji as Chiyoko Fujiwara (70's) (voice)
- Masamichi Sato as Genya Tachibana
- Masaya Onosaka as Kyōji Ida
- Fumiko Orikasa as Chiyoko Fujiwara (10-20's) (voice)
- Showko Tsuda as Eiko Shimao
- Hirotaka Suzuoki as Junichi Ōtaki
- Shozo Iizuka Cast
- Kouichi Yamadera Cast
- Masane Tsukayama Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This somewhat surreal anime import is unlikely to earn the same mainstream recognition as last year's Spirited Away, but it's certainly worth a look.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Fresh
Lack of ambition is not one of the movie's problems.
Scott Von Doviak, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Fresh
Anime has never been my cup of oolong. Or it wasn't until Satoshi Kon's bold, time-traveling sophomore feature, Millennium Actress.
Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News
Fresh
This is a screen trip that actually takes you someplace -- out of the world, around the world and straight to the heart of the world.
Bob Campbell, Newark Star-Ledger
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