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2002 · 87 min · PG

Millennium Actress

Directed by Satoshi Kon · Animation, Drama, Romance

Millennium Actress (2002) is a Animation film, directed by Satoshi Kon set in Japan and Manchuria during the 1920s–2000s. It runs 87 minutes and is rated PG.

Themes of love & longing and memory & nostalgia play out through frame narrative and metafiction.

Composer
Susumu Hirasawa
Cinematography
Hisao Shirai
Cast
Miyoko ShojiMami KoyamaFumiko OrikasaShowko TsudaShozo IizukaMasaya OnosakaMasane TsukayamaKoichi Yamadera

The world of this film

Setting

Where
JapanManchuria
Setting
Urban
When
1920s1930s1940s2000s

Premise & themes

Themes
Love & LongingMemory & Nostalgia
Structure
Frame NarrativeMetafictionNon Linear / Fractured Timeline
Tone
MelancholicSurreal DreamlikeNostalgic

Shape

Protagonist
Female LedSolo Lead
Pacing
Measured
Based on
Historical Fiction

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