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Millennium Actress
Click BEST ENTRY - 2003 Tokyo Anime Awards
GRAND PRIZE - Japan Agency of Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival
BEST ANIMATION FILM/FANTASIA GROUND-BREAKER - 2001 Fantasia Film Festival

Two documentary filmmakers are granted the opportunity to conduct a career spanning interview with the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara. Loosely based on Setsuko Hara, Fujiwara was a great star of the golden age of Japanese film but hasn’t made a public appearance in the decades following her early retirement. Director Genya Tachibana starts the interview by presenting her a key believed to have belonged to Fujiwara.  This ignites a trail of memories that everyone soon gets lost in. It’s not long before Genya and his cameraman start to appear in Chiyoko’s memories providing commentary, aiming their digital cameras, and eventually interacting with the scenes. Chiyoko’s career spans the war, its aftermath, and the golden age of the Japanese studio system. A wonderfully realized tale of regret and lifelong pursuits, every scene seamlessly blending fantasy and reality, disparate memories, and the intersection of life on and off the screen. Millennium Actress is the late Satoshi Kon’s love letter to the magic of the movies (his other being Paprika), a world where those who long for something greater seem to coalesce.

Director Satoshi Kon
Country Japan
Year 2001
Runtime 87min
Language English dub
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        • 2/21 - Best Tasting Wild Foods of Colorado​
        • 2/22 - Health & Mental Health
        • 2/22 - Mushroom Foraging 101
      • 2020 Asian American Documentaries >
        • Palliative
        • Love Boat: Taiwan
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        • The Rock Within
        • Ma
        • For Tashi
        • people (of water)
        • Not Pictured
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter
      • Ang Larawan (The Portrait)
      • Asian American Artist Showcase
    • 2019 Program >
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        • Runner
        • Tears of the Sky
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter
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      • Dancing Through Life: The Dorothy Toy Story
      • Ho Chi Minh Kim Chi
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      • Night-Fly
      • Sumo Road - The Musical
      • Threads - The Art and Life of Surayia Rahman
      • Twenty Years
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      • Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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      • Off the Menu: Asian America
      • Winning Girl