
Tokyo Godfathers(2003)
On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.


“The magic of movies, the mystery of memory.”
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.

Miyoko Shoji
Chiyoko Fujiwara (70's) (voice)

Mami Koyama
Chiyoko Fujiwara (20-40's) ( voice)

Fumiko Orikasa
Chiyoko Fujiwara (10-20's) (voice)
Showko Tsuda
Eiko Shimao (voice)

Shozo Iizuka
Genya Tachibana (voice)

Masaya Onosaka
Kyouji Ida (voice)

Masane Tsukayama
The Man with the Scar (voice)

Koichi Yamadera
The Man of the Key (voice)

Hisako Kyoda
Chiyoko's Mother (voice)

Tomie Kataoka
Mino (voice)
Millennium Actress is a drama, animation, romance, fantasy film released in 2002 exploring themes of japan, china, key, surreal, earthquake, second sino-japanese war (1937-45). Directed by Satoshi Kon, it stars Miyoko Shoji, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa. 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.
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