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Perfect Blue

Movie
1998
1h 21m
R
Japanese
Animation, Thriller
User Score: 
8.2
Critic Score: 
75
Perfect Blue' Poster
Pop singer Mima Kirigow looks forward to a bright new career when she quits her chart-topping trio to become an actress. When she lands a role in a sexually charged murder mystery, Mima’s life begins to fall apart.
Perfect Blue Poster

Perfect Blue

R
Movie
1998
1h 21m
Japanese
Animation, Thriller
Pop singer Mima Kirigow looks forward to a bright new career when she quits her chart-topping trio to become an actress. When she lands a role in a sexually charged murder mystery, Mima’s life begins to fall apart.
Rating
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8.2
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Perfect Blue (1998) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
75

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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)
Shinichiro 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)
Shokk no
Chairman (voice)
Makoto Kitano
Reporter (voice)
Directed By: Satoshi Kon, Kou Matsuo
Written By: Sadayuki Murai (Screenplay), Yoshikazu Takeuchi (Original Story)

Featured Comments/Tips

deanzel says...
10 years ago
I thought that the movie was just alright until the last third where shit just went crazy. Just like Mima, I couldn't tell what was real or not. This was definitely a unique and awesome mindfuck. Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Millennium Actress, Paranoia Agent) is without a doubt a master of the psychological thriller genre. I just wish that he could have gotten the chance to create many more films.
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veronica.osaki says...
7 years ago
This movie sucks you in and doesn't let go. It's very interesting, very unique, and makes you wonder what's real and what isn't. I highly recommend it
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WitWolfy says...
10 years ago
Expected more from this anime seeing that its a cult classic and all.
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felixcrow says...
6 years ago
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Show?
It blew my mind. I can't wait to see more of Satoshi Kon's work. I highly recommend it if you are into [spoiler] dream sequences, bending reality, Inception... [/spoiler] and all that kind of thing.
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Featured User Reviews

Marr 🇳🇱
6 years ago
Just seen this on All Hallows' Eve. It's a bit old, but gold! I definitely have to rewatch this, because you just got to pay attention to 'know' what is happening and follow the story. I think you'd better understand/follow the story and that it will make more sense when you watch it a second time.
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CinemaSerf
one year ago
The young "Mima" has a successful, if limited, career singing with a girl band, but she is restless. Her manager insists he can get her an acting job on a popular soap - and that's the way to fame and fortune. Like so many other impressionable young folks, she tries to follow her dream - but is real More
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The Movie Diorama
4 years ago
Perfect Blue perfectly blends psychologically disturbed fantasy with grounded reality. Mima Kirigoe. A pop-idol. An actress. An X-rated model. Public image and its personifying echoes circulate around the world, adhering to the desires of endearing fans alike. But when their inspirational idol hapha More
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GenerationofSwine
one year ago
I caught this in High School and it instantly took me as an eerie Alfred Hitchcock show that did an outstanding job of feeding on pure paranoia.

It was unsettling, it was scary, and at the time it seemed as realistic as it could be for an anime movie.

As I rode through it, I started doubting w More
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