Millennium Actress (2002)
Zur Jahrtausendwende lässt das legendäre Filmstudio Ginei seine in die Jahre gekommenen Kulissen abreißen. Der ehemalige Mitarbeiter Genya Tachibana beschließt, zu dieser Gelegenheit eine Dokumentation über den großen Star des Studios Chiyoko Fujiwara zu drehen. Gemeinsam mit dem Kameramann Kyōji Ida macht er sich auf den Weg zum abgelegenen Haus der mittlerweile über 70 Jahre alten Schauspielerin. Ein goldener Schlüssel, den die beiden ihr als Geschenk überreichen, weckt Erinnerungen an ihre erste Liebe, der in den Wirren des 2. Weltkriegs verschwand und den sie ihr Leben lang suchte. In Chiyokos Erzählung entspannt sich die Geschichte des japanischen Films so lebhaft, dass Vergangenheit und Gegenwart ununterscheidbar werden …
Der Regisseur:
Satoshi Kon
Die Autor:
Sadayuki Murai, Satoshi Kon.
![]() |
荘司美代子 as Chiyoko Fujiwara (70's) (voice) |
![]() |
Mami Koyama as Chiyoko Fujiwara (20-40's) (voice) |
![]() |
Fumiko Orikasa as Chiyoko Fujiwara (10-20's) (voice) |
![]() |
津田匠子 as Eiko Shimao (voice) |
![]() |
Shozo Iizuka as Genya Tachibana (voice) |
![]() |
小野坂昌也 as Kyouji Ida (voice) |
![]() |
津嘉山正種 as The Man with the Scar (voice) |
![]() |
Koichi Yamadera as The Man of the Key (voice) |
![]() |
Hisako Kyoda as Chiyoko's Mother (voice) |
![]() |
Tomie Kataoka as Mino (voice) |
| Directing | Satoshi Kon | Director |
| Art | 池信孝 | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | 김은영 | Animation |
| Crew | Sachi Suzuki | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | 濱洲英喜 | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | 小西賢一 | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Shougo Furuya | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | 井上俊之 | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | 濱洲英喜 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 清水洋 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 木下裕孝 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 堀内博之 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 垪和等 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 高木潤 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 阿部純子 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 中山勝一 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 小西賢一 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 新井浩一 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 川名久美子 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 多田雅治 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 江本正弘 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 栗尾昌宏 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 三原三千夫 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 鈴木美千代 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | ムラオミノル | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 村田充範 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 大塚伸治 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shougo Furuya | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 板野龍宏 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 熊谷哲矢 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 西尾鉄也 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 菊池聡延 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 井上俊之 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 瀬尾康博 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 宮沢康紀 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 大橋誉志光 | Key Animation |
| Production | Taro Maki | Producer |
| Editing | Hiroaki Hirabayashi | Color Timer |
| Visual Effects | Satoshi Kon | Character Designer |
| Production | Masao Maruyama | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | 本田雄 | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | 本田雄 | Animation Director |
| Writing | Satoshi Kon | Original Story |
| Writing | Sadayuki Murai | Screenplay |
| Writing | Satoshi Kon | Screenplay |
| Sound | 三間雅文 | Sound Director |
| Camera | Hisao Shirai | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | 橋本賢 | Color Designer |
| Editing | 寺内聡 | Editor |
| Crew | 谷口久美子 | Special Effects |
| Sound | 平沢進 | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Kou Matsuo | Co-Director |
| Visual Effects | 本田雄 | Key Animation |