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Japanese Anime Month: “Millennium Actress”
Chi Le 14:05, 2017/04/06
Two documentary filmmakers investigating the life of a retired acting legend.
In the fourth week of Japanese Anime Month, you are invited to the film screening MILLENNIUM ACTRESS (2001) directed by Satoshi Kon.
Film notes
MILLENNIUM ACTRESS • Japan • 2001
PG | 87′ | Animation • Drama • Fantasy
Director: Satoshi Kon
MILLENNIUM ACTRESS is co-written and directed by Satoshi Kon and animated by Studio 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 difference between reality and cinema becomes blurred. 
Language: Japanese with Vietnamese subtitles
“Millennium Actress” will be screened on Fri 07 Apr 2017, 7.30 pm at TPD, 51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi.
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