Millennium Actress vs The Garden of Words
Millennium Actress has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.6/10 for The Garden of Words). The Garden of Words is the shorter watch at 46m compared with 1h 27m. Millennium Actress is the older of the two (2002 against 2013). Both are animation, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Millennium Actress
The Garden of Words| Millennium Actress | The Garden of Words | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 46m |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Animation, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Satoshi Kon | Makoto Shinkai |
| Main cast | Fumiko Orikasa, Koichi Yamadera, Shozo Iizuka, Masaya Onosaka, Masane Tsukayama | Yuka Terasaki, Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Takeshi Maeda |
Synopsis
Millennium Actress
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.
The Garden of Words
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.
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