The film opens with a woman leaving to embark on a spaceship from the moon to Earth. An earthquake occurs and it is revealed that this is simply a scene from a movie being played out on a television. Genya Tachibana, a TV interviewer, and his cameraman Kyoji Ida head off to a new job: Ginei Studios, a prestigious but bankrupt movie studio is being torn down and its best known star Chiyoko Fujiwara has agreed to do a rare career retrospective interview. When they meet, Genya gives her a key he believes she lost at the studio, which causes Chiyoko to reflect on her career. As she's telling her life story, Genya and Kyoji are drawn in, literally, to Chiyoko's past, as they are blended into various scenes that concurrently reflect Chiyoko's filmography and life story at once. Read more on Wikipedia.
MPAA Rating: | PG |
Genre: | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
Country: | Japan |
Produced By: | Taro Maki |
Directed By: | Satoshi Kon |
Written By: | Satoshi Kon, Sadayuki Murai |
Cast: | Takkô Ishimori, Stephen Bent, Masaya Onosaka, Tomie Kataoka, John Vernon, Jo Lee, Stuart Milligan, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Hisako Kyôda, Masane Tsukayama, Masamichi Satô, Shouko Tsuda, Shôzô ÎZuka, Miyoko Shôji, Regina Reagan, Felicity Duncan Smith, Samantha Shaw, Kôichi Yamadera, Mami Koyama, Matt Devereaux, Kan Tokumaru, Fumiko Orikasa |
In Theaters: | Sep 14, 2002 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 27 minutes |
Production: | Bandai Visual Company, Chiyoko Commitee, Genco |
Box Office: | $37,285 |