Movie

Perfect Blue (1998)

PERFECT BLUE

81 min

• Animation
• Thriller

Director

Satoshi Kon

Released

February 28, 1998

Synopsis

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.

Cast

• Junko Iwao
• Rica Matsumoto
• Shinpachi Tsuji
• Masaaki Okura
• Yosuke Akimoto
• Yoku Shioya
• Hideyuki Hori
• Emi Shinohara
• Masashi Ebara
• Kiyoyuki Yanada
• Toru Furusawa
• Shiho Niiyama

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