Movie

Perfect Blue

"excuse me... who are you?"

Release: 1998 Runtime: 1h 21min Rating: R Language: English

Animation Thriller

Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe 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.

Status: Released
Original language: JA
Production countries: Japan
Production: Madhouse, Rex Entertainment, Kotobuki Seihan Printing, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Fangs, ONIRO

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Audience rating

8.3 / 10 (3416 votes)

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Director

Satoshi Kon

Main crew

Hisao Shirai — Director of Photography
尾形治敏 — Editor
Masahiro Ikumi — Original Music Composer
Hitomi Nakagaki — Producer
Yutaka Togo — Producer
Yoshihisa Ishihara — Producer
Hiroaki Inoue — Producer
Masao Maruyama — Producer

Cast

岩男潤子 , Rica Matsumoto , Shiho Niiyama , Masaaki Okura , 辻親八 , Emiko Furukawa , 秋元羊介 , Yoku Shioya

Themes and genres

Animation Thriller career rape based on novel or book paranoia stalker celebrity singer stalking fame female protagonist psychological thriller mental illness madness split personality adult animation literary adaptation disturbed paranoid j-pop celebrity worship anime aspiring actress idolatry suspense psychological horror avant garde psychological drama