Millennium Actress
The magic of movies, the mystery of memory.
2002 | 87m | Japanese
Popularity: 6 (history)
| Director: | Satoshi Kon, Ko Matsuo |
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| Writer: | Satoshi Kon, Sadayuki Murai |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 14, 2002 |
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| Director: | Satoshi Kon, Ko Matsuo |
| Writer: | Satoshi Kon, Sadayuki Murai |
| Genres: | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Drama, Romance |
| 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 |
| Production Companies | Madhouse |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $37,641
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Nov 02, 2025 Entered: Aug 14, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Tomie Kataoka | Mino (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Susumu Hirasawa | Original Music Composer |
| Nobutaka Ike | Art Direction |
| Kim Eun-young | Animation |
| Hisao Shirai | Director of Photography |
| Satoshi Hashimoto | Color Designer |
| Masafumi Mima | Sound Director |
| Satoshi Terauchi | Editor |
| Kumiko Taniguchi | Special Effects |
| Sachi Suzuki | Special Effects |
| Hideki Hamasu | Animation Director, Key Animation |
| Hiroshi Shimizu | Key Animation |
| Hirotaka Kinoshita | Key Animation |
| Hiroyuki Horiuchi | Key Animation |
| Jun Takagi | Key Animation |
| Junko Abe | Key Animation |
| Katsuichi Nakayama | Key Animation |
| Kouichi Arai | Key Animation |
| Kumiko Kawana | Key Animation |
| Masaharu Tada | Key Animation |
| Masahiro Emoto | Key Animation |
| Masahiro Kurio | Key Animation |
| Michio Mihara | Key Animation |
| Michiyo Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Minoru Murao | Key Animation |
| Mitsunori Murata | Key Animation |
| Shinji Otsuka | Key Animation |
| Tatsuhiro Itano | Key Animation |
| Tetsuya Kumagai | Key Animation |
| Toshihiro Kikuchi | Key Animation |
| Yasuhiro Seo | Key Animation |
| Yasunori Miyazawa | Key Animation |
| Hiroaki Hirabayashi | Color Timer |
| Satoshi Kon | Director, Screenplay, Character Designer, Original Story |
| Takeshi Honda | Animation Director, Character Designer, Key Animation |
| Sadayuki Murai | Screenplay |
| Kenichi Konishi | Animation Director, Key Animation |
| Shougo Furuya | Animation Director, Key Animation |
| Toshiyuki Inoue | Animation Director, Key Animation |
| Tetsuya Nishio | Key Animation |
| Yoshimitsu Ohashi | Key Animation |
| Ko Matsuo | Co-Director |
| Hitoshi Haga | Key Animation |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Taro Maki | Producer |
| Masao Maruyama | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 28 | 74 | 17 |
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