Perfect Blue
PERFECT BLUE
1998 · 1h 21m · Animation, Thriller · Japan · Rated R (US)
"excuse me... who are you?"
Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe 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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adult animationanimeaspiring actressavant gardebased on novel or bookcareercelebritycelebrity worshipdisturbedfamefemale protagonistidolatryj-popliterary adaptationmadnessmental illnessparanoiaparanoidpsychological dramapsychological horrorpsychological thrillerrapesingersplit personalitystalkerstalkingsuspense
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