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Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue

"excuse me... who are you?"

19988.31h 22m

Overview

Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

Directed by Satoshi Kon
Written by Sadayuki Murai, Yoshikazu Takeuchi
Produced by Hiroaki Inoue, Hitomi Nakagaki, Masao Maruyama
Box OfficeBudget: $3.0MRevenue: $684K

Top Cast

Junko Iwao

Junko Iwao

Mima Kirigoe (voice)

Rica Matsumoto

Rica Matsumoto

Rumi (voice)

Shiho Niiyama

Shiho Niiyama

Rei (voice)

Masaaki Okura

Masaaki Okura

Mamoru Uchida (voice)

Shinpachi Tsuji

Shinpachi Tsuji

Tadokoro (voice)

E

Emiko Furukawa

Yukiko (voice)

Yosuke Akimoto

Yosuke Akimoto

Tejima (voice)

Yoku Shioya

Yoku Shioya

Takao Shibuya (voice)

Hideyuki Hori

Hideyuki Hori

Sakuragi (voice)

Emi Shinohara

Emi Shinohara

Eri Ochiai (voice)

Themes & Keywords

careerbased on novel or bookparanoiastalkercelebritysingerfamefemale protagonistpsychological thrillermental illnessmadnesssplit personalityadult animationj-popcelebrity worshipanimeaspiring actresspsychologicalsuspenseavant gardehorrorambiguousaudacious

About Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue is a animation, thriller film released in 1998 exploring themes of career, based on novel or book, paranoia, stalker, celebrity, singer. Directed by Satoshi Kon, it stars Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shiho Niiyama. Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

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