Millennium Actress

2002, Movie, 1h 27min

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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...fans of Hiyao Miyazaki’s more operatic flights of fancy will find themselves well served by this melodramatic, nonlinear love story...

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A reclusive film star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, is drawn back into the spotlight when a young documentarian, Genya Tachibana, uncovers a long-lost key that holds the secrets of her past. Through a series of surreal flashbacks and film-within-a-film sequences, Chiyoko's life story unfolds, revealing a decades-long quest for love and recognition that intertwines with her illustrious acting career. As the lines between reality and cinema blur, Chiyoko's past and present collide in a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the power of film.

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