Perfect Blue

1998 82 min Animation, Thriller

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.

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IMDb 8.0 RT 85 Metacritic 67

budget $3,000,000 earnings $683,666 return 0.2x

director Satoshi Kon

writer Sadayuki Murai

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