Millennium Actress

Satoshi Kon was a titan in the anime world and sadly left us too early with only four films of his own, each one a classic. Millennium Actress is Kon’s love letter to Japanese cinema, told as an interview of Chiyoko Fujiwara, an aging icon of Japanese films. But as the interview progresses, her memories and her movies flow together into a seamless story that takes her interviewer and his cameraman through a thousand years of Japanese history as seen through its popular films and Chiyoko’s roles. Millennium Actress is an eye-dazzling and mind-blowing journey that will ultimately break your heart.

Watch the trailer here.
PG; 87 minutes