A TV interviewer and his cameraman meet a former actress and travel through her memories and career.A TV interviewer and his cameraman meet a former actress and travel through her memories and career.A TV interviewer and his cameraman meet a former actress and travel through her memories and career.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 8 nominations
Shôzô Îzuka
- Genya Tachibana
- (voice)
Shôko Tsuda
- Eiko Shimao
- (voice)
Hisako Kyôda
- Mother
- (voice)
Tomie Kataoka
- Mino
- (voice)
Takkô Ishimori
- Head Clerk
- (voice)
Masamichi Satô
- Young Genya
- (voice)
Masaya Onosaka
- Kyoji Ida
- (voice)
Stephen Bent
- Junichi Otaki
- (English version)
- (voice)
Greg Chun
- Man of the Key
- (English version)
- (voice)
Matt Devereaux
- The Man with the Scar
- (English version)
- (voice)
Ben Diskin
- Kyoji Ida
- (English version)
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCranes appear frequently throughout the film, typically with Chiyoko in the same frame. In Japanese culture, cranes represent longevity and fidelity, and are said to live for a thousand years.
- GoofsIn the Japanese Version, the news indicates that the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission departed from Cape Canaveral in 1969. During the Apollo missions, the name was Cape Kennedy. The name of Cape Canaveral, was re-registered until 1974.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Chiyoko Fujiwara: The part I really loved, was chasing him.
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- SoundtracksRotation (Lotus-2)
Written, Composed and Performed by Susumu Hirasawa
Featured review
Finally I finished watching all films directed by Satoshi Kon.
It was fantastic as a Japanese Animation and a film. I couldn't help making noise at all the cuts because it was so cool. The scene of running on the snow and the scene of changing era were amazing.
On one hand, it was cool and I enjoyable so much but on the other hand it was the most difficult to understand compared to the other Kon's Filmography.
'Truth' for Chiyoko which is not 'fact', are absolutely nonsense as the camera man said. However, she was a film star even after retirement, and she literally told the story.
The important thing is that those nonsense stories were truth for her.
This film well showed the theme of Kon's creations which is 'story as fiction'.
It was fantastic as a Japanese Animation and a film. I couldn't help making noise at all the cuts because it was so cool. The scene of running on the snow and the scene of changing era were amazing.
On one hand, it was cool and I enjoyable so much but on the other hand it was the most difficult to understand compared to the other Kon's Filmography.
'Truth' for Chiyoko which is not 'fact', are absolutely nonsense as the camera man said. However, she was a film star even after retirement, and she literally told the story.
The important thing is that those nonsense stories were truth for her.
This film well showed the theme of Kon's creations which is 'story as fiction'.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Vai Diễn Ngàn Năm
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $262,891
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $18,732
- Sep 14, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $264,847
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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