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Perfect Blue

1998 · 81 min

A disorienting plunge into paranoia where mirrors, screens and memories keep shifting under you, leaving you as unmoored as its heroine.

Directed by
Satoshi Kon
Genres
Animation, Thriller
Starring
Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji
Tagline
"excuse me... who are you?"
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Satoshi Kon
Genres
Animation, Thriller
Starring
Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • madness
  • celebrity
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • unreliable narrator
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension9
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
animation, thriller
Directed by
Satoshi Kon
Written by
Sadayuki Murai
Starring
Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Okura, Yosuke Akimoto, Yoku Shioya, Hideyuki Hori, Emi Shinohara
Music
Masahiro Ikumi
Cinematography
Hisao Shirai
Runtime
81 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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