---
title: 'Millennium Actress (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Satoshi Kon'
released: '2001-07-28'
runtime_minutes: 83
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/millennium-actress-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291350/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Millennium Actress (2001)

2001 · PG · 83 min · Drama, Fantasy · Japan

Original title: 千年女優

## Synopsis

Millennium Actress  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, 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Satoshi Kon](https://cinepixo.com/people/satoshi-kon)
- **Screenplay:** [Satoshi Kon](https://cinepixo.com/people/satoshi-kon), [Sadayuki Murai](https://cinepixo.com/people/sadayuki-murai)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Susumu Hirasawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/susumu-hirasawa)
- **Producer:** [Tarō Maki](https://cinepixo.com/people/taro-maki)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hisao Shirai](https://cinepixo.com/people/hisao-shirai)

## Cast

- [Mami Koyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/mami-koyama) as 藤原 千代子, age 20s-40s
- [Hirotaka Suzuoki](https://cinepixo.com/people/hirotaka-suzuoki) as 大滝 諄一
- [Keith Silverstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-silverstein) as 大滝 諄一
- [Kōichi Yamadera](https://cinepixo.com/people/koichi-yamadera) as 鍵の君
- [Miyoko Shōji](https://cinepixo.com/people/miyoko-shoji) as 藤原 千代子, age ~70
- [Abby Trott](https://cinepixo.com/people/abby-trott) as 藤原 千代子, age teens-20s
- [John Vernon](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-vernon) as 立花 源也
- [Masane Tsukayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/masane-tsukayama) as 傷の男
- [Kan Tokumaru](https://cinepixo.com/people/kan-tokumaru) as 銀映専務
- [Cindy Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/cindy-robinson) as 藤原 千代子, age ~70
- [Masamichi Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/masamichi-sato) as young 立花 源也
- [Stephen Bent](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-bent) as 大滝 諄一
- [Shōzō Iizuka](https://cinepixo.com/people/shozo-iizuka) as 立花 源也
- [Stuart Milligan](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-milligan) as 井田 恭二
- [Fumiko Orikasa](https://cinepixo.com/people/fumiko-orikasa) as 藤原 千代子, age teens-20s

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/millennium-actress-2001
Film facts: Wikidata (Q939736); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.