2002 · 87 min · PG

Millennium Actress

Name: Millennium Actress
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Released: 2002
Duration: 87 min
Cast: Miyoko Shoji, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa, Showko Tsuda, Shozo Iizuka

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

Japan Manchuria

Setting

Urban

When

1920s 1930s 1940s 2000s

Premise & themes

Themes

Love & Longing Memory & Nostalgia

Structure

Frame Narrative Metafiction Non Linear / Fractured Timeline

Tone

MelancholicSurreal DreamlikeNostalgic

Shape

Protagonist

Female LedSolo Lead

Pacing

Measured

Based on

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Premise & themes

Shape

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