Millennium Actress is an epic love story, a shorthand history of Japan and a visually magnificent study of the relationship between memory and identity. (Even the old and jaded among us who only see 'cartoons' and 'comics' where others see 'animation' and 'illustrated novels' will not fail to be transported by this beautiful movie.)

In Millennium Actress, a documentary filmmaker tracks down a former movie star named Chiyoko Fujiwara. At the height of her career, she withdrew from the public eye. The filmmaker, Genya Tachibana, wants to know why.
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