Perfect Blue (1997)
- Original title
- PERFECT BLUE
- Directed by
- Satoshi Kon
- Genre
- thriller anime, mystery anime, police procedural film, Drama, Horror, Psychological
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 8.3 of 10 from 3,250 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young pop idol retires from her music group to become an actress. She is stalked by a dangerous fan and starts to lose her grip on what is real and what is fantasy.
unsettlingtensepsychologicaldreamlikebleakdisturbingclaustrophobiccerebralslow-burn
What happens
Perfect Blue (Japanese: パーフェクトブルー, Hepburn: Pāfekuto Burū) is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological horror film directed by Satoshi Kon. It is loosely based on the novel Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis (パーフェクトブルー：完全変態, Pāfekuto Burū: Kanzen Hentai) by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, with a screenplay by Sadayuki Murai. Featuring the voices of Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shiho Niiyama, Masaaki Okura, Shinpachi Tsuji and Emiko Furukawa, the plot follows a member of a Japanese idol group who retires from music to pursue an acting career. As she becomes a victim of stalking by her obsessive fan, gruesome murders take place, and she begins losing her grip on reality. The film deals with the blurring of the line between fantasy and reality, a commonly found theme in Kon's other works, such as Millennium Actress (2001), Paranoia Agent (2004), and Paprika (2006). The film garnered critical acclaim and is now regarded as a masterpiece of animation and one of the best anime films of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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