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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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Director
Satoshi Kon
Cinematographer
Hisao Shirai
Origin country
Japan
Runtime
1h 22m
Language
ja
Rating
R
Also known as
PERFECT BLUE Remastered, The Perfect Blue
TMDB
8.3/10 (3,147 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
85% Fresh
Metacritic
67/100
IMDb
8.0/10 (119,036 votes)
Released February 28, 1998·PERFECT BLUE·$3,000,000 budget·$683,666 revenue

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