Millennium Actress blurs the lines between the past and the present, and truth and fiction, when a documentary filmmaker fulfills his quest to find the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, and learn why she mysteriously vanished at the height of her brilliant career. When Chiyoko grants the filmmaker’s request, he, in turn, presents her with a token – a key she had lost and thought was gone forever. The filmmaker could not have imagined that the key would not only unlock the long-held secrets of Chiyoko’s life, but also his own.

(Source: Dreamworks)

Note: The film received an early premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival on July 28, 2001.

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Studios

• Bandai Visual
• MADHOUSE
• Genco
• Kadokawa Shoten
• WOWOW
• KLOCKWORX
• Techno Sound
• Chaos Union

Staff

• Sadayuki Murai — Script
• Masao Maruyama — Planning
• Hisao Shirai — Director of Photography
• Tarou Maki — Producer
• Masafumi Mima — Sound Director
• Takeshi Honda — Animation Director, Character Design
• Susumu Hirasawa — Music, Theme Song Composition (ED), Theme Song Lyrics (ED)
• Toshiyuki Inoue — Animation Director
• Kou Matsuo — Unit Director
• Kenichi Konishi — Animation Director
• Hideki Hamasu — Animation Director
• Satoshi Kon — Character Design, Director, Original Plan, Script
• Shougo Furuya — Animation Director
• Yasumitsu Suetake — Art Design Assistance