Perfect Blue
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| Directed by | Satoshi Kon |
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| Screenplay by | Sadayuki Murai |
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Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis by Yoshikazu Takeuchi |
| Starring |
Junko Iwao Rica Matsumoto Shinpachi Tsuji Masaaki Ōkura |
| Music by | Masahiro Ikumi |
| Cinematography | Hisao Shirai |
| Edited by | Harutoshi Ogata |
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| Distributed by | Rex Entertainment |
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81 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | ¥3 million (estimated) |
| Box office | $112,536 (US) |
Perfect Blue (パーフェクトブルー Pāfekuto Burū?) is a 1997 Japanese psychological thriller-horror anime film directed by Satoshi Kon and written by Sadayuki Murai, based on the novel Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis (パーフェクト・ブルー 完全変態 Pāfekuto Burū: Kanzen Hentai?) by Yoshikazu Takeuchi. The film follows Mima Kirigoe, the member of a Japanese pop idol group who decides to retire from music to pursue an acting career. As she becomes a victim of stalking and goes deeper and deeper into her first role, she starts to lose her perception of what is real and what is fiction.
Mima Kirigoe, the lead singer of the fictional J-pop idol group "CHAM!", decides to leave the group to become an actress. Her first role is in a crime drama series, Double Bind. Some of her fans are upset by her change in career, including a stalker known as "Me-Mania". Shortly after leaving CHAM!, Mima receives an anonymous fax calling her a traitor. She finds a website called "Mima's Room", which features public diary entries that claim to be written by her that discuss her life in great detail. She brings the site to the attention of her manager, ex-pop star Rumi Hidaka, but is advised to ignore it.
On the set of Double Bind, Mima succeeds in getting a larger part. However, the producers decide to cast her as a rape victim in a strip club. Rumi warns Mima that it will damage her reputation, but Mima accepts the part. The scene traumatizes Mima (as well as Rumi, who leaves the production control room crying), and she increasingly becomes unable to distinguish reality from her work in show business.
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