Perfect Blue (1998)

02/28/1998 (JP) • 1h 22m

Animation, Thriller

"excuse me... who are you?"

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.

Top Billed Cast

Junko Iwao

Mima Kirigoe (voice)

Rica Matsumoto

Rumi (voice)

Shiho Niiyama

Rei (voice)

Masaaki Okura

Mamoru Uchida (voice)

Shinpachi Tsuji

Tadokoro (voice)

Emiko Furukawa

Yukiko (voice)

Yosuke Akimoto

Tejima (voice)

Yoku Shioya

Takao Shibuya (voice)

Hideyuki Hori

Sakuragi (voice)


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$3,000,000.00

Revenue

$683,666.00

Keywords

career

based on novel or book

paranoia

stalker

celebrity

singer

fame

female protagonist

psychological thriller

mental illness

madness

split personality

adult animation

j-pop

celebrity worship

anime

aspiring actress

psychological

suspense

avant garde

suspenseful

horror

ambiguous

audacious

baffled

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