Millennium Actress (2002)

Synopsis

Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a key she had lost and thought was gone forever, the filmmaker could not have imagined that it would not only unlock the long-held secrets of Chiyoko’s life... but also his own.

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Cast

• Miyoko Shoji as Chiyoko Fujiwara (70's) (voice)
• Mami Koyama as Chiyoko Fujiwara (20-40's) (voice)
• Fumiko Orikasa as Chiyoko Fujiwara (10-20's) (voice)
• Showko Tsuda as Eiko Shimao (voice)
• Shozo Iizuka as Genya Tachibana (voice)
• Masaya Onosaka as Kyouji Ida (voice)
• Masane Tsukayama as The Man with the Scar (voice)
• Koichi Yamadera as The Man of the Key (voice)
• Hisako Kyoda as Chiyoko's Mother (voice)
• Tomie Kataoka as Mino (voice)

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