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Region：Japan
Type：Movie
English name：Sennen Joyuu / Millennium Actress
Official name：千年女優
Chinese name：千年女优
Other names：천년여우
Premiered：July 28, 2001
Status：Finished Airing
Tags：Historical / Love / Story / Source original
Director：今敏
Scenario：村井さだゆき / 今敏
Co-director：松尾衡
Studios：MADHOUSE
Producers：「千年女優」製作委員会
Copyright：©2001「千年女優」製作委員会
Family：Sennen Joyuu
Rating：12+

Sennen Joyuu

From critically acclaimed director Kon Satoshi (Perfect Blue), comes the award-winning masterpiece, Millennium Actress.

Known for his remarkable visual style, Kon seamlessly blends fantasy and reality into an exciting epic adventure of fate and destiny.

Past and present collide as a film director discovers a mysterious key that unlocks the secrets of a legendary actress who vanished at the height of her brilliant career.

It is based on the lives of Hara Setsuko and Takamine Hideko.

Note: Premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival.

Japanese premiere took place on 14.09.2002.

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Jul 28, 2001

EP1 千年女優

When the legendary Ginei Studios shuts down, filmmaker Genya Tachibana and his assistant are tasked with interviewing its reclusive star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who had retired from the spotlight 30 years prior. As she recounts her career, Genya and his crew are literally pulled into her memories where they witness her chance encounter with a mysterious man on the run from the police. Despite never knowing his name or his face, Chiyoko relentlessly pursues that man in a seamless blend of reality and memory.