Perfect Blue

Theatrical - Wide 1998-02-28

Directed by Satoshi Kon
Directed by Sadayuki Murai

Box Office Gross: $2,743,097

Running Time: 82 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Madhouse, Rex Entertainment, Kotobuki Seihan Printing, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Fangs, ONIRO

Genres: Animation Thriller

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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... See more her former self, Mima’s reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

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