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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
- Written by
- Yoshikazu Takeuchi, Sadayuki Murai
- Produced by
- Hiroaki Inoue, Hitomi Nakagaki, Masao Maruyama
- Composer
- Masahiro Ikumi
- Cinematographer
- Hisao Shirai
- Editor
- Harutoshi Ogata
- Studios
- Madhouse, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, ONIRO
- 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)
Cast

Junko Iwao
Mima Kirigoe (voice)

Rica Matsumoto
Rumi (voice)

Shiho Niiyama
Rei (voice)

Masaaki Okura
Mamoru Uchida (voice)

Shinpachi Tsuji
Tadokoro (voice)
Emiko Furukawa
Yukiko (voice)

Yosuke Akimoto
Tejima (voice)

Yoku Shioya
Takao Shibuya (voice)

Hideyuki Hori
Sakuragi (voice)

Emi Shinohara
Eri Ochiai (voice)

Masashi Ebara
Murano (voice)

Kiyoyuki Yanada
Kantoku (voice)

Toru Furusawa
Yada (voice)

Teiya Ichiryusai
Mima's Mother (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki
Taku (voice)

Megumi Tano
Child (voice)

Emi Motoi
Child (voice)

Akio Suyama
Tadashi Doi (voice)
Crew

Satoshi Kon
Director

Sadayuki Murai
Screenplay

Yoshikazu Takeuchi
Novel
Hiroaki Inoue
Producer
Hitomi Nakagaki
Producer

Masao Maruyama
Producer
Yoshihisa Ishihara
Producer
Yutaka Togo
Producer
Masahiro Ikumi
Original Music Composer
Hisao Shirai
Director of Photography
Harutoshi Ogata
Editor
Ken Washiya
Executive Producer
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Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — MAN-MADE MONSTERS #23: Akira (1988) & Perfect Blue (1997)


















