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28 February 1998 (Japan) moreTagline:
The color of illusion is Perfect Blue. (Japanese) morePlot:
A retired pop singer turned actress's sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
Solid, well-executed anime moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Junko Iwao | ... | Mima (voice) | |
| Rica Matsumoto | ... | Rumi (voice) (as Rika Matsumoto) | |
| Shinpachi Tsuji | ... | Tadokoro (voice) | |
| Masaaki Ôkura | ... | Uchida (voice) | |
| Yôsuke Akimoto | ... | Tejima (voice) | |
| Yoku Shioya | ... | Shibuya (voice) | |
| Hideyuki Hori | ... | Sakuragi (voice) | |
| Emi Shinohara | ... | Eri (voice) | |
| Masashi Ebara | ... | Murano (voice) | |
| Kiyoyuki Yanada | ... | Kantoku (voice) | |
| Tôru Furusawa | ... | Yada (voice) | |
| Shiho Niiyama | ... | Rei (voice) | |
| Emiko Furukawa | ... | Yukiko (voice) | |
| Aya Hara | ... | (voice) | |
| Shinichirô Miki | ... | (voice) (as Shin'ichirô Miki) |
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Rated R for animated sequences of violence and nudity, and for brief language.Parents Guide:
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81 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Japan:R-15 | Taiwan:R-18 | Australia:MA | Canada:16+ (Québec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Ontario) | France:-12 | Germany:16 | New Zealand:R18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | USA:UnratedFun Stuff
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The "Big Body" pizza box in the infamous stabbing scene usually gets a few chuckles from English-speaking viewers, who are no doubt thinking about the food's fat content. However, "Big Body" is actually an homage to Susumu Hirasawa (who would later compose music for Sennen joyû (2001) and "Môsô dairinin" (2004), also by director Kon) and his electronically band "P-Model." Big Body is the name of their tenth album, released in 1993. moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the English dub version, Cham sings their song at the beginning in English. Later on, when the writer is waiting for the elevator, the radio is playing the song in Japanese. moreSoundtrack:
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Perfect Blue is a very strange film. It's anime, but it's set in circa-1995 modern Tokyo, with a story in which everything could be explained in terms of natural phenomena and present-day technology. Furthermore, it's a psychological thriller, a genre which probably hasn't ever been done with animation before.
But even if Japan's animators dabbled in this genre more often, Perfect Blue would still be a bizarre film. It starts off as a fairly conventional thriller about a teen pop singer who may be the target of a stalker, but then the movie goes completely insane, assaulting the viewer with rapid changes of scene, perspective, and context until we simply don't know what to believe anymore. This is done so subtly and gradually that we become completely trapped in the movie's spell, and we end up just staring at the screen in horror, helpless to stop the nightmarish events from unfolding. Rarely has any movie so effectively conveyed the lunatic terror of a character who has lost touch with reality, and once the movie is over, all you can do is just sit there and try to figure everything out. Have fun with it. It's a good head scratch.
Unfortunately, the last minute or so of the movie is much too sappy and uplifting (especially the music on the end credits), cheapening the significance of everything that has gone before. But as a whole, Perfect Blue is an incredibly haunting thriller, a scathing look at the world of showbusiness, and a very worthwhile film.