Millenium Actress (2001)
Directed by Satoshi Kon · Cinematography by Hisao Shirai
PG87 min65 frames
DramaAnimationRomanceFantasy
The magic of movies, the mystery of memory.
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What is Millenium Actress about?
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.
Millennium Actress 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.
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What does the cinematography of Millenium Actress look like?
Across 64 sampled frames, Millenium Actress builds its coverage from wide compositions (39% of the sample), with medium shots (36%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Hisao Shirai keeps 66% of it in naturalistic light. 41% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 92% of the frames.
What is the color palette of Millenium Actress?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Millenium Actress (2001) are #322f2d, #f5f4f2, #0d0c0c, #d6d4d1, #525350, #8f8c8c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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