Millennium Actress
is a 2001 Japanese animated drama film co-written and directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse. Loosely based on the lives of actresses Setsuko Hara and Hideko Takamine, it tells the story of two documentary filmmakers investigating the life of a retired acting legend. As she tells them the story of her life, the borderline between cinema and reality gradually becomes blurred.
Plot
Ginei Studios, a prestigious but bankrupt film studio, goes out of business. Television interviewer Genya Tachibana and his cameraman Kyoji Ida prepare for a retrospective interview with Chiyoko Fujiwara, the studio's best known star, who thirty years prior retired from acting and became a recluse. When they meet, Tachibana gives Chiyoko a key he believes she lost at the studio, prompting her to reflect on her life.
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author | Sadayuki Murai Satoshi Kon |
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award | Animation Kobe Theatrical Film Award |
director | Satoshi Kon |
editor | Satoshi Terauchi |
genre | drama fantasy romance |
keywords | act deathbed film godzilla hear kaiju kill military police retire sino-japanese war story within a story throne of blood |
musicBy | Susumu Hirasawa |
producer | Taro Maki |
productionCompany | Madhouse |
publisher | KlockWorx |
theme | animated anime documentary jidaigeki magic realism |