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 total
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
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The life story of an actress told to reporters that blurs the line between reality and fantasy as the movies she made become he life and vice versa.
A wonderful continuation of of the ideas in the brilliant thriller Perfect Blue, we once again have our perceptions turned upside down and sideways. Who is telling the truth, or more importantly is it even possible to know when all we are anyway is a half remembered collection of memories, are notions thrown at us and left for us to determine on our own. This is a film that probably could never have worked as a live action film simply because the changes between reality, memory and movie could never be as seamless as they are here.
This is a movie for grown ups and very clearly shows why those who think animated films are only for kids is missing out.
A wonderful continuation of of the ideas in the brilliant thriller Perfect Blue, we once again have our perceptions turned upside down and sideways. Who is telling the truth, or more importantly is it even possible to know when all we are anyway is a half remembered collection of memories, are notions thrown at us and left for us to determine on our own. This is a film that probably could never have worked as a live action film simply because the changes between reality, memory and movie could never be as seamless as they are here.
This is a movie for grown ups and very clearly shows why those who think animated films are only for kids is missing out.
- dbborroughs
- Feb 11, 2005
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- 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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