★ 8.3
1997
Japan
81 min
Perfect Blue
Directed by Satoshi Kon
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.
Starring
Junko IwaoRica MatsumotoShiho NiiyamaMasaaki OkuraShinpachi TsujiEmiko FurukawaYosuke AkimotoYoku Shioya
Screenplay — Sadayuki Murai
Cinematography — Hisao Shirai
Music — Masahiro Ikumi
Based on the novel by — Yoshikazu Takeuchi
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