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Millennium Actress (movie)

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©2001 Chiyoko Committee


Alternative title:
Chiyoko Millennial Actress
La Actriz del Milenio (Spanish)
Sennen Joyu (Japanese)
Актриса тысячелетия (Russian)
千年女優 (Japanese)
천년여우 (Korean)
Genres: romance
Themes: historical
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: When Studio Gin'ei commissions filmmaker Gen'ya Tachibana to make a documentary in commemoration of its 70th anniversary, he travels to a secluded mountain lodge to interview the idol of his youth, the enigmatic Chiyoko Fujiwara, who was the studio's leading lady from the 1930s until the 1960s. As Chiyoko reminisces about her life, Tachibana and his cameraman suddenly find themselves on a rich and dazzling journey through time. Chiyoko's films and personal memories intertwine with present events and stretch the boundaries of reality.
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Ratings: 2446 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 809 votes (sub:645, dub:111, raw:13, ?:7, edit.dub:1, others:32
6 Spanish subtitled
5 Spanish dubbed
5 German dubbed
4 French subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 French edited dub
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Estonian subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 709 votes (sub:578, dub:99, raw:6, ?:6, others:20
4 German dubbed
4 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Very good: 453 votes (sub:359, dub:67, ?:5, raw:4, edit.dub:1, others:17
3 Russian subtitled
3 Spanish subtitled
3 German dubbed
2 French subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 Good: 261 votes (sub:203, dub:41, raw:3, ?:2, others:12
4 Spanish subtitled
4 Polish subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 104 votes (sub:74, dub:26, raw:1, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 So-so: 48 votes (sub:37, dub:9, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Not really good: 19 votes (sub:18, dub:1)
 Weak: 20 votes (sub:14, dub:5, raw:1)
 Bad: 12 votes (sub:10, dub:2)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:5, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:4, raw:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 3588 s, rank: #277 (of 9996)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.566 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.5819, rank: #153 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 8.515 (Excellent−), rank: #150 (of 10154) (seen all: 8.53 / seen some: 6.96 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.509 (Excellent−), rank: #60 (of 7635)
Running time: 87 minutes
Vintage:
2001-01-23
2006-10-07 (Spain - Buzz Channel)
2017-03-07 (Latin America - Paramount Channel)
2018-09-30 (Latin America - Canal Fox Family)
Premiere date:
2001-07-28 (Canada, Fantasia Festival, world premiere)
2002-09-14 (Japan)
2004-01-15 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
Release dates: We have 4
Opening Theme:
"Chiyoko no Theme Mode-1 (千代子のテーマ MODE-1)" by Susumu Hirasawa
Ending Theme:
"Rotation [lotus-2]" by Susumu Hirasawa
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 9
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Millennium Actress (BD+DVD) 2019-12-10 (from $17.96)
    Millennium Actress [SteelBook] (BD+DVD) 2022-03-22 (from $19.73)
DVD (Region 2)
    Millennium Actress (DVD) 2005-09-26
DVD (Region 4)
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DVD (Region 1)
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    Millennium Actress (Sub.DVD) 2003-10-28 (from $17.89)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Satoshi Kon
Screenplay:
Satoshi Kon
Unit Director: Kou Matsuo
Original story: Satoshi Kon
Character Design:
Takeshi Honda
Art Director: Nobutaka Ike
Animation Director:
Toshiyuki Inoue
Art design: Yasumitsu Suetake
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai
Producer: Tarō Maki

Animation Check: Chieko Ichimanda
Assistant Director of Photography: Katsunori Maehara
Background Art:
Yūko Sugiyama
Color design: Satoshi Hashimoto
In-Between Animation:
Yuko Yazaki (MADHOUSE)
Ink & Paint:
Yun Hee Lee (DR Movie)
Ink & Paint Check:
Yuriko Kadomoto
Key Animation:
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi
Planning: Masao Maruyama
Production Advancement: Takayuki Hirao
Special Effects:
Sachiko Suzuki
Theme Lyrics & Composition: Susumu Hirasawa (ED)
Title Design: Kyoko Yamashita
Fumiko Orikasa as Chiyoko Fujiwara (teen)
Mami Koyama as Chiyoko Fujiwara (20s-40s)
Miyoko Shōji as Chiyoko Fujiwara (70s)

Kōichi Yamadera as Man of the key
Masamichi Satō as Genya Tachibana (young)
Masane Tsukayama as Scarface
Masaya Onosaka as Kyoji Ida (cameraman)
Shoko Tsuda as Eiko
Shōzō Iizuka as Genya Tachibana

Hisako Kyōda as Chiyoko's mother
Kan Tokumaru as Senior manager of Gin'ei
Takkō Ishimori as Clerk
Tomie Kataoka as Mino

Japanese companies
Animation Production: Madhouse
Broadcaster: Bandai Channel
Cable Broadcasting: J:COM
In-Between Animation:
SHAFT
In-between Check: Studio Takuranke
Ink & Paint:
Kyung Kang ANIA
Photography:
Tōgen Anime Room
Production:
WOWOW
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Terry Wilson (UK Dub)
Dubbing Director: Kevin Hoffer
Supervising Director: Carrie Keranen
ADR Script: John Vernon (UK Dub)

Blu-Ray Authoring: Justin Sevakis (Anime Limited UK 4K release)
Blu-Ray Producer: Brian Ward (Shout! Factory)
Dubbing Producer: Scott Tanaka (US Dub)
DVD Producer: Brian Ward (Shout! Factory)
Packaging Design: Bonnie LeBrun (Shout! Factory release)
Sound Mixing: Tony Atkins (UK Dub)
Abby Trott as Chiyoko Fujiwara (teen)
Cindy Robinson as Chiyoko Fujiwara (70s)
Erin Yvette as Chiyoko Fujiwara (20s-40s)
Regina Reagan as Chiyoko Fujiwara (UK Dub)

Ben Diskin as Kyoji Ida
Christopher Swindle as Genya Tachibana
Greg Chun as Man of the Key
JP Karliak as Scarface
Laura Post as Eiko Shimao

David Kitchen as Man with Key (UK Dub)
Felicity Duncan as Mother (UK Dub)
Jo Lee as Shimao Eiko (UK Dub)
John Vernon as
Senior Executive (UK Dub)
Tachibana (UK Dub)
Matt Devereaux as Man with Scar (UK Dub)
Samantha Shaw as Mino (UK Dub)
Stephen Bent as Junichi Otaki (UK Dub)
Stuart Milligan as Ida Kyoji (UK Dub)
English companies
ADR Production: VSI Los Angeles
Broadcaster: Ovation TV (USA, Japanese with subtitles)
Distributor:
Shout! Factory (USA; 2019)
Dubbing: Village Productions (UK)
Internet Streaming:
Tubi TV
Licensed by:
Go Fish Pictures (Expired)
French cast
French staff
Dubbing Director: Guylaine Gibert
Delphine Moriau as Chiyoko jeune & adulte
Jacqueline Ghaye as Chiyoko âgée

Arnaud Léonard as L’homme à la cicatrice
Catherine Conet as Eiko Shimao
Frédéric Meaux as Genya jeune
Guylaine Gibert as Mère de Chiyoko
Jean-Daniel Nicodème as Genya Tachibana
Nathalie Hons as Mino
Philippe Allard as L’homme à la clé
Sébastien Hebrant as Caméraman Kyoji Ida
Tony Beck as Junichi Otaki

French companies
Dubbing: Dubbing Brothers (Belgium)
DVD Distribution: DreamWorks ()
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Ruben Moya (Mexican dub)
Executive producer:
Miguel Ángel Hoffmann (Arcade Media)
Circe Luna as Chiyoko Fujiwara (Adulta)
Mar Roca as Chiyoko Fujiwara (Age 20-40) (Spain dub)
Maru Guerrero as Chiyoko Fujiwara (Anciana)
Núria Trifol as
Chiyoko Fujiwara (jove; Catalan dub)
Chiyoko Fujiwara (Age 10-20) (Spain dub)
Nycolle González as Chiyoko Fujiwara (Adolescente)
Rosa Pastó as Chiyoko Fujiwara (gran; Catalan dub)
Roser Cavallé as Chiyoko Fujiwara (Age 70) (Spain dub)

Dafnis Fernández as Genya Tachibana
Erika Mireles as Mino
sc Belda as Genya Tachibana (Catalan dub)
Gloria Cano as Eiko Shimao (Catalan dub)
Javier Viñas as Genya Tachibana (Spain dub)
Jordi Ribes as Scarman (Spain dub)
José Luis Mediavilla as Kyoji Ida (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Oriol Rafel as Keyman (Spain dub)
Oscar Muñoz as Genya (Young) (Spain dub)
Osvaldo Trejo as Man of the key
Toni Avilés as Eiko Shimao (Spain dub)
Toni Mora as Junichi Otaki (Catalan dub)

Anabel Mendez as Madre de Chiyoko
Eduard Itchart as Home de la clau (Catalan dub)
Elsa Fábregas as Specter (Spain dub)
Joaquin Casado as Secretari (Catalan dub)
Juan Antonio Bernal as Home de la cicatriu (Catalan dub)
Juan Miguel Valdiviesco as Assistant Director (Spain dub) 
Juan Miguel Valdivieso as Director Assistant (Spain dub)
Julia Chalmeta as Sra. Fujiara (Catalan dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Ayakashi (Catalan dub)
Paco Gázquez as Junichi Ootaki (Spain dub)
Raúl Llorens as Genya Tachibana (jove; Catalan dub)
Roberto Molina as Junichi Otaki
Toni Solanes as
Fortune Teller (Spain dub)
Villager (Spain dub)

Artur Rius (Catalan dub)
Enrique Hernández (Catalan dub)
Eva Ordeig (Catalan dub)
Ivan Canovas (Catalan dub)
Jennifer Zaragoza (Catalan dub)
Jordi Pineda (Catalan dub)
Nuria Samsó (Catalan dub)
Spanish companies
ADR Studio: Candiani Studios (Mexican dub)
Broadcaster:
Paramount Channel (Latin America)
Distributor: Zima Entertainment
Dubbing Studio: Sik Estudio (Catalan dub)
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión
Internet Streaming:
Rakuten TV (Spain)
Licensed by:
Selecta Visión (Spain)
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dialogues: Emanuela Amato
Perla Liberatori as Chiyoko Fujiwara (10-40 anni)

Alberto Càneva as Kyoji Ida
Andrea Lavagnino as Il pittore
Beatrice Margiotti as Eiko Shimao
Cristina Piras as Mino/Ayakashi
Edoardo Nordio as Indovino
Giovanni Petrucci as Vecchio direttore
Massimo Milazzo as Genya Tachibana
Paola Del Bosco as Madre di Chiyoko
Pierluigi Astore as Poliziotto sfregiato
Stefano Billi as Junichi Ootaki
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Rai 4
German staff
German cast
Dubbing Director: Heinz Freitag
ADR Script: Heinz Freitag
Katrin Zimmermann as Chiyoko Fujiwara (adult - German edition)
Magdalena Turba as Chiyoko Fujiwara (child - German edition)
Regine Albrecht as Chiyoko Fujiwara (old - German edition)
Rita Engelmann as Chiyoko Fujiwara (old - French edition)
Tanja Geke as Chiyoko Fujiwara (adult - French edition)
Victoria Frenz as Chiyoko Fujiwara (child - French edition)

Detlef Bierstedt as Scarface (german dvd)
Diana Borgwardt as Eiko Shimao (French edition)
Erich Räuker as Junichi Ootaki (French edition)
Helmut Gauß as Director (german dvd)
Jürgen Kluckert as Genya Tachibana (German edition)
Liane Rudolph as Mother (german dvd)
Luise Lunow as Old woman (german dvd)
Norman Matt as Schlüsselmann
Robin Kahnmeyer as Junichi Otaki (german dvd)
Timmo Niesner as Kyouji Ida (French edition)
Tobias Kluckert as Tachibana (young) (german dvd)
Wolfgang Condrus as Genya Tachibana (French edition)

Almut Zydra as Female student 1 (French edition)
Angela Ringer as Female student 4 (French edition)
Barbara Ratthey as Old woman (French edition)
Christin Marquitan as Eiko Shimao (german dvd)
Denise Gorzelanny as Visitor (French edition)
Evelyn Maron as Chiyoko's mother (French edition)
Julia Koberstein as Female student 3 (French edition)
Julien Haggege as Schlüsselmeister (german dvd)
Karl Schulz as Chef (French edition)
Karl Heinz Grewe as Minister (French edition)
Norman Matt as Painter (French edition)
Regine Albrecht as Mino (French edition)
Selma Sarstedt as Girl (French edition)
Stefan Krause as Kyouji Ida (German edition)
Thomas Hailer as Fortuneteller (French edition)
Ulrich Müller-Hönow as Assistant (French edition)
Uwe Jellinek as Policeman (French edition)
Viktoria Voigt as Female student 2 (French edition)
Werner Ziebig as Space Center Employee (French edition)
German companies
Distributor:
Universum-Films (German release)
Dubbing: Berliner Synchron AG (German release)
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Manga DVD
Dutch cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Distributor: IDG Poland S.A.
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Dubbing Director: Linn Jardim
Bruna Laynes as Chiyoko Fujiwara (teenager)
Marly Ribeiro as Chiyoko Fujiwara (old woman)
Priscila Amorim as Chiyoko Fujiwara (adult)

Clécio Souto as Kyoji Ida
Francisco Junior as Scarface
Luciano Monteiro as Genya Tachibana (young)
Mauro Ramos as Genya Tachibana
Mckeidy Lisita as Man of the key
Miriam Fischer as Eiko Shimao

Alfredo Martins as Senior Manager of Gi'nei
Bia Barros as Chiyoko's mother
Eduardo Borgerth as Director
Fred Mascarenhas as Ootaki

Portuguese companies
Broadcaster: Paramount Channel
Dubbing Studio: Cinevídeo
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Portugal)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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