Perfect Blue

Name: Perfect Blue
Director: Satoshi Kon
Genre: animation, thriller
Released: 1998
Duration: 81 min

1998Japon81 min

The film

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.

DirectorSatoshi Kon

Genresanimation · thriller

CountryJapon

Runtime81 min

Record & provenance

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Perfect Blue

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