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Sennen joyû
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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   4,765 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Satoshi Kon (writer)
Sadayuki Murai (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
14 September 2002 (Japan) more
Plot:
A movie studio is being torn down. TV interviewer Genya Tachibana has tracked down its most famous star... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 8 nominations more
User Reviews:
Excellent blending of reality and illusion more (37 total)

Cast

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Miyoko Shôji ... Chiyoko Fujiwara (70's) (voice)
Mami Koyama ... Chiyoko Fujiwara (20-40's) (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa ... Chiyoko Fujiwara (10-20's) (voice)
Shôzô Îzuka ... Genya Tachibana (voice)
Shouko Tsuda ... Eiko Shimao (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki ... Junichi Ootaki (voice)
Hisako Kyôda ... Mother (voice)
Kan Tokumaru ... Senior Manager of Ginei (voice)
Tomie Kataoka ... Mino (voice)
Masamichi Sato ... Young Genya (voice)
Masaya Onosaka ... Kyoji Ida (voice)
Masane Tsukayama ... The Man with the Scar (voice)
Kôichi Yamadera ... The Man of the Key (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stephen Bent ... Junichi Otaki (voice: English version)
Matt Devereaux ... The Man with the Scar (voice: English version)
Felicity Duncan Smith ... Mother (voice: English version) (as Felicity Duncan)
Takkô Ishimori ... Head Clerk (voice)
Jo Lee ... Eiko Shimao (voice: English version)
Stuart Milligan ... Kyoji Ida (voice: English version)
Regina Reagan ... Chiyoko (Manga Entertainment 2005) (voice: English version)
Samantha Shaw ... Mino (voice: English version)

John Vernon ... Genya Tachibana / Senior Manager of Ginei (voice: English version)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Millennium Actress (International: English title) (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic elements, violence and brief mild language.
Runtime:
87 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Various photographic effects of aging are used in order to make the Chiyoko's films seem old: were filmed separately and passed through different laboratory and telecine processes from the rest of the film, no CG effects were used. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The length of the key changes several times. more
Quotes:
Chiyoko Fujiwara: My lord!
[Approaches the body of the lord]
Chiyoko Fujiwara: Why don't you wait for me?
Genya Tachibana: [trying to mourn] I...
Kyoji Ida: Do you cried in all her movies?
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14 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
Excellent blending of reality and illusion, 12 February 2005
8/10
Author: dbborroughs from Glen Cove, New York

The life story of an actress told to reporters that blurs the line between reality and fantasy as the movies she made become he life and vice versa.

A wonderful continuation of of the ideas in the brilliant thriller Perfect Blue, we once again have our perceptions turned upside down and sideways. Who is telling the truth, or more importantly is it even possible to know when all we are anyway is a half remembered collection of memories, are notions thrown at us and left for us to determine on our own. This is a film that probably could never have worked as a live action film simply because the changes between reality, memory and movie could never be as seamless as they are here.

This is a movie for grown ups and very clearly shows why those who think animated films are only for kids is missing out.

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