Japan Synopsis
千年女優
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.
Audience Engagement
701 audience reviews — more than 95% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 86th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Millennium Actress. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Madhouse
Animation + Drama in Japan
730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Millennium Actress itself).
The 2001–2003 Japan Window
Among 247 Japan films we catalog from this window, Millennium Actress places #33 — near the top of its class.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Millennium Actress premiered alongside 81 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 81 other Japan films in 2002.
The 1450th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Millennium Actress, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- movie star · 4
- actress · 2
- key · 1
- recluse · 1
- story within the story · 1
- shouwa period · 1
- recollection · 1
- movie studio · 1
- historical · 28
- edo period · 19
- earthquake · 14
- sengoku period · 14
- accident · 11
- surreal · 8
- second sino-japanese war (1937-45) · 7
- meiji period · 7
- anime · 711
- japan · 454
- china · 127
- adult animation · 101
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #767 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (83rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #636 of 2,532 (top 25%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Madhouse |
| Runtime | 1h 27m |
| Release Date | September 14, 2002 |
| IMDb | tt0291350 |