Perfect Blue (1998)

R02/28/1998Animation, Thriller1h 22m
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The color of illusion is Perfect Blue.

Overview

Encouraged by her managers, rising pop star Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Junko Iwao

    Mima Kirigoe (voice)

  2. Cast 1

    Rica Matsumoto

    Rumi (voice)

  3. Cast 1

    Shiho Niiyama

    Rei (voice)

  4. Cast 1

    Masaaki Okura

    Mamoru Uchida (voice)

  5. Cast 1

    Shinpachi Tsuji

    Tadokoro (voice)

  6. Emiko Furukawa

    Yukiko (voice)

  7. Cast 1

    Yosuke Akimoto

    Tejima (voice)

  8. Cast 1

    Yoku Shioya

    Takao Shibuya (voice)

  9. Cast 1

    Hideyuki Hori

    Sakuragi (voice)

Perfect Blue perfectly blends psychologically disturbed fantasy with grounded reality. Mima Kirigoe. A pop-idol. An actress. An X-rated model. Public image and its personifying echoes circulate around the world, adhering to the desires of endearing fans alike. But when their inspirational idol haphazardly shifts career, from pop sensation to dramatic actress, the psychosis of the modern consumer society ultimately changes with her. Saddened, angered and crazed. Mima’s abrupt persona altering career move may have developed maddened stalkers, including her fantastically imagined past self haunti...