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Perfect Blue (1998)

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Movie	Perfect Blue
Real Name	PERFECT BLUE
Rating	8.3
Aired	1998-02-28
Duration	82 Min
Quality	N/a
Languages	Japanese
Subtitle	N/a

Sources

IMDB | TMDB

Genres

AnimationThriller

Tags

CareerParanoiaStalkerCelebritySingerFameFemale protagonistPsychological thrillerMental illnessMadnessSplit personalityAdult animationJ-popCelebrity worshipAnimeAspiring actressCautionaryPsychologicalSuspenseAvant gardeSuspensefulHorrorAmbiguousAudaciousBaffled

Countries

Japan

Companies

Madhouse, Rex Entertainment, Kotobuki Seihan Printing, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Fangs Co.

Stars

Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shiho Niiyama, Masaaki Okura, Shinpachi Tsuji, Emiko Furukawa

Writers

Sadayuki Murai, Satoshi Kon

Directors

Satoshi Kon

Taglines

The color of illusion is Perfect Blue.

Description

Encouraged by her managers, rising pop star Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered.

Review

Author: Geronimo1967
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 really only following his, and is soon being photographed (intimately), denigrated and her grasp on reality is soon compromised. When things start to take an altogether more sinister turn, though, we start to wonder just who is responsible for a series of murders amongst those known to hold disparaging views on the young woman. Might she be developing some form of lethal schizophrenia or is she (and are they) really the victims of an over-zealous fan. At times this is actually quite harrowing. The plundering of her innocence by those both venal and neglectful of this young woman is writ large and is really quite depressing to watch. The story itself deals frankly with the unsavoury nature of not just exploitation, but of the pressures the constant search for success can put on a developing mind. This packs quite a lot to think about in in eighty minutes, and 25 years on is still a potent watch.

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