Perfect Blue

(2802)

2/28/1998

1h 22min

Animation

Thriller

Tagline

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.

Director

Satoshi Kon

Screenplay

Sadayuki Murai

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Status
Released
Budget
$830,000.00
Revenue
$112,536.00
Original Language
日本語
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Marr 🇳🇱 11/1/2015

Just seen this on All Hallows' Eve. It's a bit old, but gold! I definitely have to rewatch this, because you just got to pay attention to 'know' what is happening and follow the story. I think you'd b ...Show More

The Movie Diorama 1/16/2020

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 ...Show More

GenerationofSwine 1/12/2023

I caught this in High School and it instantly took me as an eerie Alfred Hitchcock show that did an outstanding job of feeding on pure paranoia. It was unsettling, it was scary, and at the time it ...Show More

CinemaSerf 2/9/2023

The young "Mima" has a successful, if limited, career singing with a girl band, but she is restless. Her manager insists he can get her an acting job on a popular soap - and that's the way to fame and ...Show More