Millennium Actress

Millennium Actress

The magic of movies, the mystery of memory.

2002•1h 27m•7.8/10

DramaAnimationRomanceFantasy

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🎬TMDb

7.8/10(996)

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.

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Production

Madhouse

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Miyoko Shoji

Miyoko Shoji

Chiyoko Fujiwara (70's) (voice)

Mami Koyama

Mami Koyama

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

Fumiko Orikasa

Fumiko Orikasa

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

Showko Tsuda

Showko Tsuda

Eiko Shimao (voice)

Shozo Iizuka

Shozo Iizuka

Genya Tachibana (voice)

Masaya Onosaka

Masaya Onosaka

Kyouji Ida (voice)

Masane Tsukayama

Masane Tsukayama

The Man with the Scar (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

The Man of the Key (voice)

Hisako Kyoda

Hisako Kyoda

Chiyoko's Mother (voice)

Tomie Kataoka

Tomie Kataoka

Mino (voice)

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