Mima leaves the idol group CHAM, in order to pursue her dream as an actress. Mima climbs up the rocky road to success by performing as rape victims and posing nude for magazines, but is haunted by her reflections of the past.

Perfect Blue (1997)
  • Rating: (10,647 votes)
  • Taglines:The color of illusion is Perfect Blue. (Japanese) » excuse me...who are you? »
  • Runtime:81 minutes
  • Director: Satoshi Kon
  • Country:Japan
  • Actors:
    Mima (voice)
    Junko Iwao
    Rumi (voice) (as Rika Matsumoto)
    Rica Matsumoto
    Tadokoro (voice)
    Shinpachi Tsuji
    Uchida (voice)
    Masaaki Ôkura
    Tejima (voice)
    Yôsuke Akimoto
    Shibuya (voice)
    Yoku Shioya
    Sakuragi (voice)
    Hideyuki Hori
    Eri (voice)
    Emi Shinohara
    Murano (voice)
    Masashi Ebara
    Kantoku (voice)
    Kiyoyuki Yanada
  • Genres:Animation, Fantasy, Thriller
  • Producers:
    Marvin Gleicher
    executive producer (english version)  
    Laurence Guinness
    executive producer (english version)  
    Hiroaki Inoue
    producer  
    Koshiro Kanda
    executive producer (as Kôshirô Kanda) 
    Haruyo Kanesaku
    producer (english version)  
    Masao Maruyama
    producer  
    Yutaka Maseba
    producer (english version)  
    Yuichi Tsurumi
    executive producer (as Yûichi Tsurumi) 
    Ken Washiya
    executive producer  
  • Plot: Mima leaves the idol group CHAM, in order to pursue her dream as an actress. Mima climbs up the rocky road to success by performing as rape victims and posing nude for magazines, but is haunted by her reflections of the past. Written by <H@jime>
Perfect Blue
  • User's comment:Intense thrill ride by InzyWimzy

    OK, this is definitely one anime movie that really has this creepy feel that clings to you as you watch. The animation is really good as characters and movements appear so life-like, it seems like reality. There's definitely the theme of 'identity' and Mima's difficulty distinguishing reality from illusion. Her paranoia and fear tends to grab your attention and as she asks questions, you ask the same ones. I thought the film also played well with celebrity infatuation and the price of fame. It really had a lot going for it and the different camera angles give a very dreamy, mysterious atmosphere. One great shot is the zoom out from Mima's apartment. I could've sworn that was a real city.

    "Who are you?" sums up this movie. What a film. By the way, CHAM's song is really catchy.


  • Quotes: Me-Mania: You bad girl... you have to follow the script! Mima Kirigoe: Please, Rumi! It is you, isn't it? Wake up! Mima's Ghost: You're the one who needs to wake up.
  • Also known as: Perfect Blue (France), Perfect Blue (Spain), Pâfekuto burû (Japan - promotional title),

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