# Millenium Actress to be released in US

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**Created:** [September 11, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenium-actress-to-be-released-in-us/201064 "2003-09-11T22:32:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenium-actress-to-be-released-in-us/201064/1 "2003-09-11T22:32:15Z")

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A limited theatrical release on Sept 12 and a video release in October.

Millenium Actress is an animated film about the life a Japanese actress told in flashback. It’s directed by Satoshi Kon who previously directed Perfect Blue.

I haven’t seen MA yet but it sounds like a wonderful film. Here are some early [reviews](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/MillenniumActress-1124128/reviews.php) on Rottentomatoes. There is also a link to trailers and stills.

The film probably won’t make much money at the boxoffice but I think it will get good reviews. I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets nominated for an Oscar.

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**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenium-actress-to-be-released-in-us/201064/2 "2003-09-11T22:38:00Z")

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The reviews link doesn’t appear to work properly Here is the link to the main page for the film:  
[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/MillenniumActress-1124128/](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/MillenniumActress-1124128/)

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenium-actress-to-be-released-in-us/201064/3 "2003-09-16T22:01:41Z")

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I don’t know much about anime, so I casually skipped over it in the movie listings. However, once I read what it was about, I became much more interested–how many animated films explicitly reference Ozu after all?

It’s playing here in SF and I’ll be catching it soon.

Have you seen it, CP?

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**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenium-actress-to-be-released-in-us/201064/4 "2003-09-16T22:30:32Z")

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No, it’s not playing where I Iive. But I won’t have to wait too long for the DVD.

Since I have only seen one film by Ozu and a couple by Kurosawa I probably won’t get most of the Japanese film references but I look forward to reading what you have to say about that and the film as a whole.

Incidentally the film is doing pretty well with the critics: 96% at Rottentomatoes with good reviews from the NYTimes and the LATimes. I hope Ebert , who generally likes anime, promotes it on his show.