Perfect Blue

Feb 28, 1998

1h 22m

★ 8.3

"excuse me... who are you?"

Overview

Rising pop star Mima 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.

Genres

Animation

Thriller

Production Companies

Madhouse

Rex Entertainment

Kotobuki Seihan Printing

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

Fangs

ONIRO

Perfect Blue Trailers

Cast

Mima Kirigoe (voice)

Junko Iwao

Rumi (voice)

Rica Matsumoto

Rei (voice)

Shiho Niiyama

Mamoru Uchida (voice)

Masaaki Okura

Tadokoro (voice)

Shinpachi Tsuji

Yukiko (voice)

Emiko Furukawa

Tejima (voice)

Yosuke Akimoto

Takao Shibuya (voice)

Yoku Shioya

Sakuragi (voice)

Hideyuki Hori

Eri Ochiai (voice)

Emi Shinohara

Murano (voice)

Masashi Ebara

Kantoku (voice)

Kiyoyuki Yanada

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