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Perfect Blue

Release Date:August 20, 1999

Running Time:82 min

Genres:Animation, Thriller

Director

Cast

Junko Iwao Rica Matsumoto Shiho Niiyama Masaaki Okura Shinpachi Tsuji Emiko Furukawa Yosuke Akimoto Yoku Shioya Hideyuki Hori Emi Shinohara Masashi Ebara Kiyoyuki Yanada

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Synopsis

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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