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Perfect Blue 1998 Directed by Satoshi Kon PERFECT BLUE

"excuse me... who are you?"

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Budget $830,000
Revenue $112,536
Release Date 28 February 1998
82 mins
Cast
Junko Iwao Mima Kirigoe (voice)
Rica Matsumoto Rumi (voice)
Shiho Niiyama Rei (voice)
Masaaki Okura Mamoru Uchida (voice)
Shinpachi Tsuji Tadokoro (voice)
Emiko Furukawa Yukiko (voice)
Yosuke Akimoto Tejima (voice)
Yoku Shioya Takao Shibuya (voice)
Hideyuki Hori Sakuragi (voice)
Emi Shinohara Eri Ochiai (voice)
Masashi Ebara Murano (voice)
Kiyoyuki Yanada Kantoku (voice)
Toru Furusawa Yada (voice)
Teiya Ichiryusai Mima's Mother (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki Taku (voice)
Megumi Tano Child (voice)
Emi Motoi Child (voice)
Akio Suyama Tadashi Doi (voice)
Osamu Hosoi Company Employee (voice)
Koichi Tochika Red (voice)
Soichiro Hoshi Green (voice)
Kisho Taniyama Blue (voice)
Shokkâ Ôno Chairman (voice)
Makoto Kitano Reporter (voice)
Kaori Minami Reporter (voice)
Jin Yamanoi Additional Voices (voice)
Takashi Nagasako Additional Voices (voice)