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Perfect Blue (1998)

Perfect Blue (1998)

Thriller Animation

"excuse me... who are you?"

Release Date: 1998, February 28
Directors: Satoshi Kon
Countries: Japan
Production: Madhouse, Rex Entertainment, Kotobuki Seihan Printing, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Fangs, ONIRO
Cast: Shin-ichiro Miki, Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shiho Niiyama, Masaaki Okura, Shinpachi Tsuji, Emiko Furukawa, Yosuke Akimoto, Yoku Shioya, Hideyuki Hori, Emi Shinohara, Masashi Ebara

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book anime female protagonist psychological thriller psychological horror suspense frightened adult animation madness split personality mental illness celebrity singer psychological drama j-pop psychotic stalker fame avant-garde rape paranoia stalking hard career celebrity worship aspiring actress literary adaptation idolatry