Perfect Blue (1997)
Coming to theaters at 28 February 1998..
“Pâfekuto burû”
Animation, Action, Drama
Perfect Blue is animated drama film directed by Satoshi Kon, and written by Sadayuki Murai, Yoshikazu Takeuchi, Rika Takahashi and Lia Sargent. The film stars Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ōkura, Yōsuke Akimoto, Yoku Shioya and Hideyuki Hori. The film primiered at 5 August 1997 on FantAsia International Film Festival.
In Perfect Blue, Mima Kirigoe is a member of a Japanese pop music (j-pop) band called “CHAM!”, which decides to leave the band to pursue an acting career. Some fans are unhappy with the sudden change of career, as Mima, being a pop idol, is seen as an innocent and angelic girl. As she advances in her new career, Mima plunges into an intense psychological drama in which fantasy and reality merge, calling into question her moral ethics.
Director: Satoshi Kon
Writers: Sadayuki Murai, Yoshikazu Takeuchi, Rika Takahashi, Lia Sargent
Stars: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ōkura, Yōsuke Akimoto, Yoku Shioya, Hideyuki Hori
►Cast
| Junko Iwao | ► | Mima Kirigoe (voice) |
| Rica Matsumoto | ► | Rumi (voice) |
| Shinpachi Tsuji | ► | Tadokoro (voice) |
| Masaaki Ôkura | ► | Uchida (voice) |
| Yôsuke Akimoto | ► | Tejima (voice) |
| Yoku Shioya | ► | Shibuya (voice) |
| Hideyuki Hori | ► | Sakuragi (voice) |
| Emi Shinohara | ► | Eri Ochiai (voice) |
| Masashi Ebara | ► | Murano (voice) |
| Kiyoyuki Yanada | ► | Kantoku (voice) |
| Tôru Furusawa | ► | Yada (voice) |
| Shiho Niiyama | ► | Rei (voice) |
| Emiko Furukawa | ► | Yukiko (voice) |
| Aya Hara | ► | Mima’s Mother (voice) |
| Shin’ichirô Miki | ► | Taku (voice) |
| Jin Yamanoi | ► | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Megumi Tano | ► | Child (voice) |
| Takashi Nagasako | ► | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Akio Suyama | ► | Reader (voice) |
| Osamu Hosoi | ► | Company Employee (voice) |
| Kôichi Tôchika | ► | Red (voice) |
| Emi Motoi | ► | Child (voice) |
| Sôichirô Hoshi | ► | Green (voice) |
| Kishô Taniyama | ► | Blue (voice) |
| Shokkâ Ôno | ► | Shikaisha / Kankyaku-tachi (voice) |
| Rofuto Purasu Wan Burazâzu | ► | Kankyaku-tachi (voice) |
| Makoto Kitano | ► | Reporter (voice) |
| Kaori Minami | ► | (voice) |
| Steve Apostolina | ► | Shibuya / Mimi Fan (voice) |
| Steve Blum | ► | Mima Fan / Truck Driver (voice) |
| Bob Buchholz | ► | Powertron / Mima Fan / Cameraman / Actor (voice) |
| Steve Bulen | ► | Tejima (voice) |
| Christopher Carroll | ► | News Reporter / Journalist (voice) |
| Dyanne DiRosario | ► | Yukiko (voice) |
| Don Fischer | ► | Double Bind’ Series Co-Director (voice) |
| Sam Fontana | ► | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Bridget Hoffman | ► | Mima Kirigoe (voice) |
| R. Martin Klein | ► | Mr. Me-Mania (voice) |
| Dari Lallou | ► | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Wendee Lee | ► | Rumi (voice) |
| Michael Lindsay | ► | Cham Manager / Mima Fan (voice) |
| Michael McCarty | ► | Mima Fan (voice) |
| Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | ► | News Reporter (voice) |
| Steve McGowan | ► | Director (voice) |
| Randy McPherson | ► | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Matt K. Miller | ► | Mima Fan (voice) |
| Richard Miro | ► | Doctor (voice) |
| Sven Nosgard | ► | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jamieson Price | ► | Murano (voice) |
| Lia Sargent | ► | Eri Ochiai (voice) |
| Paul St. Peter | ► | Kingburg / News Reporter (voice) |
| Carol Stanzione | ► | Movie Crew / Nurse (voice) |
| Barry Stigler | ► | Tadokoro (voice) |
| Kirk Thornton | ► | Yamashiro (voice) |
| Bill Timoney | ► | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Kevin Seymour | ► | Mima Fan (voice) |