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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.
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I worked for the first time in a week this morning and I must say, I missed working. *hahah* I was sick for several days, but I'm finally able to get back to work even just for a couple hours. The real *busy* work days would start again tomorrow, so I decided to just relax tonight and watch some anime. I chose to watch another movie by Satoshi Kon, and this time I selected this intriguing story which is entitled, "…More
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Fuente de la imagen de portada, editada en Canva “Millennium Actress” es una película dirigida por *Satoshi Kon* y estrenada en el año 2001. Es un homenaje al cine japonés y a las actrices que lo protagonizaron. La protagonista de la película, Chiyoko Fujiwara, está inspirada en las vidas de *Setsuko Hara*, una de las actrices más famosas de su tiempo, la cual se retiró en una de sus mejores etapas. Source *Setsuko…More
This week, I decided to continue my journey through the filmography of the incredible Satoshi Kon . This time it was the turn to dive into the story of Millennium Actress , the second feature film directed and written by Kon . The film's plot revolves around Chiyoko Fujiwara , a retired actress who has lived a life full of emotions and adventures. When a documentary crew decides to interview her to uncover the secre…More
This is an interesting one, because the narrative of the movie isn't told in a very conventional way. Two interviewers talk with a famous actress, Chiyoko, about her life. It's the story of a young girl who became an actress in hopes of traveling around and finding an rebel who left her a key before fleeing. It's obvious she never actually found him, but the thing that makes this movie interesting is the way in whic…More
Source Review in English Crítica en Español I decided to watch this film simply because I have seen other movies/series where the director/writer, Satoshi Kon, has participated, and I have enjoyed most of them. The best productions are Perfect Blue, Paprika, the series Paranoia Agent, and Magnetic Rose, which is not a film nor series but the first story of the animated anthology film Memories I wrote about several d…More