Millennium Actress

Millennium Actress
Millennium Actress
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Satoshi Kon
Screenplay by	Sadayuki Murai; Satoshi Kon;
Story by	Satoshi Kon
Produced by	Taro Maki
Starring	Miyoko Shōji; Mami Koyama; Fumiko Orikasa; Shōzō Iizuka; Shōko Tsuda; Hirotaka Suzuoki; Hisako Kyōda; Kōichi Yamadera; Masane Tsukayama;
Cinematography	Hisao Shirai
Edited by	Satoshi Terauchi
Music by	Susumu Hirasawa
Production; company	Madhouse
Distributed by	The KlockWorx
Release dates	July 28, 2001 (Fantasia Film Festival); September 14, 2002 (Japan);
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Budget	$1.2 million
Box office	$37,641 (US)

Millennium Actress (Japanese: 千年女優, Hepburn: Sennen Joyū) is a 2001 Japanese animated drama film co-written and directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse. Loosely based on the lives of actresses Setsuko Hara and Hideko Takamine, it tells the story of two documentary filmmakers investigating the life of a retired acting legend. As she tells them the story of her life, the borderline between cinema and reality gradually becomes blurred.