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Perfect Blue

Original title: Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
  • 20022002
  • 1h 43m
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6.0/10
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Perfect Blue (2002)
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A girl named Ai gets a major record deal to sing a song written by a friend of hers who is deceased. However an obsessed stalker fan slowly starts becoming more like her and tearing her worl... Read allA girl named Ai gets a major record deal to sing a song written by a friend of hers who is deceased. However an obsessed stalker fan slowly starts becoming more like her and tearing her world apart.A girl named Ai gets a major record deal to sing a song written by a friend of hers who is deceased. However an obsessed stalker fan slowly starts becoming more like her and tearing her world apart.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
266
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
14,992
571
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    • Director
      • Toshiki Satô
    • Writers
      • Yoshikazu Takeuchi(novel)
      • Masahiro Kobayashi(screenplay)
      • Shinji Imaoka(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Ayaka Maeda
      • Nao Ômori
      • Masahiro Toda
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    • Director
      • Toshiki Satô
    • Writers
      • Yoshikazu Takeuchi(novel)
      • Masahiro Kobayashi(screenplay)
      • Shinji Imaoka(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Ayaka Maeda
      • Nao Ômori
      • Masahiro Toda
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    • 2User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Ayaka Maeda
    Ayaka Maeda
    • Ai Asaka
    Nao Ômori
    Nao Ômori
    • Toshihiko Horibe
    Masahiro Toda
    Masahiro Toda
    • Bando, Ai's Manager
    Makiko Watanabe
    Makiko Watanabe
    • Bando's Wife
    Yumi Shimizu
    • Hiromi
    Tarô Suwa
    Tarô Suwa
    • Convenience Store Manager
    Yûki Ariga
    Kenji Mizuhashi
    Seiko Negishi
    Yûka Ohta
    Yumeka Sasaki
    Yôji Tanaka
      Akana Ueno
      • Director
        • Toshiki Satô
      • Writers
        • Yoshikazu Takeuchi(novel)
        • Masahiro Kobayashi(screenplay)
        • Shinji Imaoka(screenplay)
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      • Trivia
        This not an adaptation of the same novel as the anime but instead an adaptation of one of the sequel short stories titled "Perfect Blue: Wake Me From This Dream."
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        Remake of Perfect Blue (1997)

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      4/10
      Quite bizarre
      Japanese supernatural 'chiller' is completely pointless.

      I didn't realise on watching this that it's based on a Manga anime movie of the same name. Some of the shots are incredibly manga-esquire though, and the quite ethereal quirky nature of it should have been a giveaway.

      Horibe is a reasonably young man who lives alone in an apartment, and has a fairly mediocre job part time in a convenience store. He's got a private obsession though, with a model who's barely done much work besides a single poster which is lovingly placed on the wall of the store.

      The model, Asaka, moves into the neighbourhood (Obviously) and goes to the store to dispatch a parcel. There she meets Horibe who can't quite believe his luck that his idol is standing in front of the checkout (Yup, this really doesn't stretch credibility does it).

      Asaka is also endeavouring to become a star and her manager is obsessively working away to achieve that dream, and decides she should be a singer, with a song she happens to have.

      All the while Horibe's obsession is growing deeper and is affecting more than just his mind.

      This movie is beyond strange. It reminds me of Uzumaki, which was genuinely weird but never pretended otherwise. The difference here is Perfect Blue (What the *hell* does that title mean) seems to try to be mundane, yet resides in a surreal fantasy world where nothing much seems to make much sense.

      There are so many little nuances here which make the story just more and more obscure, and by the end of it you're wondering what on earth the point was.

      This most likely worked tremendously in anime, but it should never have been remade into a live action picture.

      A complete waste of time.
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      • Danny_G13
      • Dec 3, 2005

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      • Release date
        • August 24, 2002 (Japan)
      • Country of origin
        • Japan
      • Language
        • Japanese
      • Also known as
        • Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
      • Production companies
        • Japan Sky Way
        • Kokuei Company
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 43 minutes
      • Color
        • Color

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