When two documentarians travel to interview an ageing, long-retired Chiyoko for a wide-ranging retrospective, she opens up about her life and career. Gradually, she reveals the deeply personal meaning of a key found by one of the documentary makers years earlier – and the reasons why she vanished from the limelight.

A celebration of and reflection on classic cinema, Millennium Actress stands as one of Satoshi Kon’s greatest achievements. With a wildly inventive visual and editing language that sends the characters hurtling across Japanese history and film genres, this is an imaginative and expressive masterpiece.

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