The read
A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%, Metacritic 70/100. Scores higher than 93% of the 597 2000s animation movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 27m. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic70/100
1,088 audience votes
Key crew
- Satoshi KonDirector
- Susumu HirasawaOriginal Music Composer
- Satoshi KonScreenplay
- Sadayuki MuraiScreenplay
Cast
- Miyoko ShojiChiyoko Fujiwara (70's) (voice)
- Mami KoyamaChiyoko Fujiwara (20-40's) (voice)
- Fumiko OrikasaChiyoko Fujiwara (10-20's) (voice)
- Showko TsudaEiko Shimao (voice)
- Shozo IizukaGenya Tachibana (voice)
- Masaya OnosakaKyouji Ida (voice)
- Masane TsukayamaThe Man with the Scar (voice)
- Koichi YamaderaThe Man of the Key (voice)
- Hisako KyodaChiyoko's Mother (voice)
- Tomie KataokaMino (voice)
Stills
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Themes
japanchinakeysurrealearthquakesecond sino-japanese war (1937-45)historicalrecluseadult animationmovie starstory within the storyedo period
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