Perfect Blue
- Original title
- Perfect Blueaka
- AKA
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- パーフェクトブルー
- Year
- 1997
- Running time
- 81 min.
- Country
- Japan
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Sadayuki Murai. Novel: Yoshikazu Takeuchi
- Cast
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Animation
- Music
- Cinematography
- Animation, Hisao Shirai, Yôichi Kuroda
- Producer
- Genre
- Animation. Horror. Thriller. Drama | Psychological Drama. Psychological Thriller. Film In Film. Computers / Internet. Adult Animation. Cult Movie
- Movie Groups
- Perfect Blue
- Synopsis
- 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 alive.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1997: Sitges Film Festival: Best Animated Film
- Critics' reviews
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An acclaimed directorial debut from master Satoshi Kon. According to Roger Corman "A startling and powerful film. If Alfred Hitchcock partnered with Walt Disney they'd make a picture like this."
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 21 My Favorite Japanese Movies (71)
- 54 My Favorite Animated Movies (331)
- 76 My Favorite Asian Movies (59)
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