Perfect Blue (1998)

Name: Perfect Blue
Genre: Animation, Thriller
Released: 1998-02-28
Duration: 81 min
Cast: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shiho Niiyama, Masaaki Okura, Shinpachi Tsuji

"excuse me... who are you?"

Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe 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.

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Released 1998-02-28 · 81 min · Animation, Thriller

Directed by Satoshi Kon

Cast

Junko Iwao as Mima Kirigoe (voice)
Rica Matsumoto as Rumi (voice)
Shiho Niiyama as Rei (voice)
Masaaki Okura as Mamoru Uchida (voice)
Shinpachi Tsuji as Tadokoro (voice)
Emiko Furukawa as Yukiko (voice)
Yosuke Akimoto as Tejima (voice)
Yoku Shioya as Takao Shibuya (voice)
Hideyuki Hori as Sakuragi (voice)
Emi Shinohara as Eri Ochiai (voice)
Masashi Ebara as Murano (voice)
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Kantoku (voice)
Toru Furusawa as Yada (voice)
Teiya Ichiryusai as Mima's Mother (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki as Taku (voice)