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Perfect Blue (1997) | User Rating
(24 votes) | Critic Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: May 2, 2000
• R2: 31 Jul 2000
Budget JPY 3,000,000
Official Website:
Perfect Blue Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for animated sequences of violence and nudity, and for brief language.
Running Time
1 hour, 21 minutes
Country Japan
More info on IMDb.com
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Animation, Anime, Suspense, Surreal, Disturbing, Racy, Murder, Spy
Tagline: excuse me...who are you?
Plot: A surprisingly thoughtful analysis of the Japanese pop icon phenomenon. Mima is an ex-pop idol who was worshipped by the masses before fashion dictated otherwise. In order to salvage her career, she decides to drop music and pursue acting. A soap opera role is offered but Mima's character is less clean cut than desired. Regardless, she agrees and events take a turn for the worse. She begins to feel reality slip. She discovers (imagines?) her identical twin, a mirror image that hasn't given up singing. Internet sites appear describing every intimate detail of her life and a figure stalks her from the shadows. Her friends and associates are threatened, and killed, as Mima descends into a dangerous world of paranoid delusion. She fears for her life and must unravel fact from illusion in order to stay
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Related Movies:
- Yume nara samete (2002) [remake]
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Good anime. A psychological-thriller like many live action films. Check this out if you're into japanese animation. 7/10--FrighT MasteR (UHM)
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| Directed by |
Satoshi Kon
Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Memories |
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| Written by |
Sadayuki Murai
Steamboy, Millennium Actress, Umezu Kazuo: Kyôfu gekijô - Mushi-tachi no ie | |
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| Cast |
Junko Iwao
Samurai X: Betrayal & Samurai X: Trust, Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Shito shinsei, X | | | | Steven Jay Blum
Ghost in the Shell, Lilo & Stitch, Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no tobira | | Steve Bulen
Ghost in the Shell, Vampire Hunter D, Ghost in the Shell | |
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