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Mood:
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Plot:
- Actor's LifeHaunted By the PastArtists and ShowbizLifestyleLove and RomanceMind and SoulUnfulfillmentUnfulfilled Love
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Genres:
- AnimationDramaForeignAnime
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century
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- AsiaJapan
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- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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- Film in Film
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Millennium Actress, 2001
Japanese
Japan, South Korea
Profile of Millennium Actress
Millennium Actress can be described as contemplative, stylized, and gloomy. The plot revolves around the life of an actor, being haunted by the past, and themes of unfulfillment. The main genres are drama, foreign, and animation. In terms of style, Millennium Actress is a film in a film and anime. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Millennium Actress is located in Japan. It takes place in the 20th century. The movie has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed.
Summary of Millennium Actress
The creative love child of anime director Satoshi Kon and screenwriter Sadayuki Mura (PERFECT BLUE), MILLENNIUM ACTRESS recounts the legend of an actress named Chiyoko Fujiwara who mysteriously disappeared during her greatest moment of fame. Via a sweeping backdrop of historical and fictional events that breathlessly span time, Chiyoko relates her saga to a documentary filmmaker named Genya who has tracked the actress down to her remote hideaway. As the story unfolds, Chiyoko's personal history becomes inextricably intertwined with the characters she plays in the movies throughout her long career, all in pursuit of her first love, a political activist painter who left her only with a mysterious key that sets the whole story in motion. Along the way Chiyoko's quest is hampered by an older actress and a mysterious scarfaced man. Luckily, Genya and his sardonic cameraman find themselves swept up in the story also, and come to her rescue several times. It all may sound a little odd, and western audiences not used to anime's occasionally static style may take a few minutes to adjust, but once they do, countless rewards await: brilliant animation, a treasure trove of insight into Japan's history and film industry, and for anyone who's ever loved and lost, an almost assured shedding of many heartfelt tears.
Details
| Language: | Japanese |
| Country: | Japan, South Korea |
| Release date: | 31 August 2002 |
| Runtime: | 87 min |
Cast and Crew
as Chiyoko Fujiwara
as Chiyoko Fujiwara
as Chiyoko Fujiwara
as Genya Tachibana
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Critics Reviews
Los Angeles Times
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- by: Kenneth Turan
The New York Times
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- by: Dana Stevens
Users Reviews
- 20.March.2009
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- by: DaveMachin
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