Perfect Blue

J-pop idol group CHAM! has spent the last two years entertaining its fans. Sadly, all good things must come to an end, and CHAM! must see one of its members, Mima Kirigoe, leave the group to pursue her acting career. While Mima's choice is met with a mixed response, she hopes her fans will continue to support her.

However, Mima's life begins to change drastically after her departure from the group. Wanting to shed her pop-idol image, she takes on a role in a crime drama series, and her career as an actress gradually becomes more demanding and taxing for both Mima and her manager, Rumi Hidaka. To add to Mima's growing unease, an obsessed fan who is incapable of accepting that Mima has quit being an innocent idol, begins stalking her; a new anonymous website begins to impersonate her life with intricate detail; and CHAM! also appears to be doing better without her. One by one, each disturbing development drives Mima to become increasingly unhinged and unable to distinguish reality from fantasy.

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Kirigoe, Mima Main

Iwao, Junko Japanese

Uchida, Mamoru Supporting

Ookura, Masaaki Japanese

Hidaka, Rumi Supporting

Matsumoto, Rica Japanese

Sakuragi Supporting

Hori, Hideyuki Japanese

Murano Supporting

Ebara, Masashi Japanese

Rei Supporting

Niiyama, Shiho Japanese

Mima Fan C Supporting

Doi, Tadashi Supporting

Suyama, Akio Japanese

Blue Supporting

Taniyama, Kishou Japanese

Actor Supporting

Maruyama, Masao Producer

Maseba, Yutaka Producer

Inoue, Hiroaki Producer

Kon, Satoshi Director, Script, Character Design

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Jan 12, 2025

Bee-ku

Recommended

I saw this movie because I saw comparisons being made to the movie Black Swan. I have to say that I understand the plot, I like the story, I like the aesthetics, I like the characters, as well as I understand the decisions that the person gets to make, do I agree with them? No, but when you're in a world like the one Mima was in, I totally understand how you feel the pressure to become more and more popular. Sure, I was extremely uncomfortable with that scene where Mima has to fake something, however, I can't pretend that I understood the whole movie ... perfectly due to the fact that there were things I didn't quite understand. In spite of this, the topic that this movie touches on at the end is wonderful.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Nov 22, 2024

MaiDeNaBysS

Mixed Feelings

It's not a bad movie, but it is a bit boring, and barely qualifies as horror, far far more of a drama.
The commentary/exploration of idols/idolization-obsession/parasocial relationships/performance industries/(s)exploitation, oneself/one's persona/other's perception of you, delusion/reality/fiction, mental health, etc. was decent aside from embracing lookism of beauty=good, ugly=evil. Though some of it did seem a bit surface level.
The story itself involved a lot of empty fluff scenes, and overall very little of interest happens other than in proximity to some dancing, SA, and a few scenes of violence.
The plot itself is kinda predictable as only 3 or so options are presented for the narrative antagonisms and most end ... up being shown as such, and an unreliable narrative means most any of the other possibilities could conceivably be true as well.
It was much more cohesive than the similar Paprika, though less visually interesting. I liked this marginally more.

(There's also a hilarious plot hole where the character she's acting as within the meta-show starts off as a non-character sister after the murders are already happening, and the writer guy is stuck on who to make the killer while the show airing, then he decides to have her SAd as justification for her becoming the killer... so the only possibility would be that they did a flashback to setup this random sister as a SA survivor which would be hilariously terrible storytelling in a murder mystery to retcon her character, and kinda makes the meta narrative surrounding that tv show fall apart.)

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 5, 2024

DarleenaCanania

Not Recommended

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I don't recommend this too anyone except if you like phycological horror and are ok with touchy subjects. I was actually really scared after watching this movie and couldn't sleep because I watched it at night years ago. I think the story itself is ok. From what I know is that it's very similar to a real thing that happened to an idol. At least with the stalker part. The animation is really good and was actually the main reason I watched it. It was just to study the animation and colors from the film. If you're wanting to watch just to study, please look ... at screenshots. I kinda regret watching just for the purpose of studying.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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