| Millennium Actress | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Satoshi Kon |
| Screenplay by |
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| Story by | Satoshi Kon |
| Produced by | Taro Maki |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Hisao Shirai |
| Edited by | Satoshi Terauchi |
| Music by | Susumu Hirasawa |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | KlockWorx |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | $1.2 million[1] |
| Box office | $37,641 (US)[2] |
Millennium Actress (千年女優, Sennen Joyū) is a 2001 Japanese animated drama film co-written and directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse. Loosely based on the lives of actresses Setsuko Hara and Hideko Takamine,[3] it tells the story of two documentary filmmakers investigating the life of a retired acting legend. As she tells them the story of her life, the borderline between cinema and reality gradually becomes blurred.[4]
- ^ "Interview Satoshi Kon" (in French). Catsuka. October 18, 2006. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ^ "Millennium Actress (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ "さよならの季節" (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. August 30, 2010. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- ^ Abrams, Simon (April 1, 2011). "Setsuko Hara: The diva who left Japan wanting a lot more". Capital New York. Archived from the original on December 31, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2012.