Perfect Blue(1999)

Name: Perfect Blue
Director: Satoshi Kon
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama
Released: Oct 3, 2025
Cast: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji

Palm Pictures

R
Rated R for animated sequences of violence and nudity, and for brief language
1h 21m

Release Date: Oct 3, 2025

A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.

Official Website

Note: Distributed by Palm Pictures

Release Details

Original Release | Aug 20, 1999 | Limited

2017 Re-release | Sep 7, 2018 | Limited (GKIDS)

Axcn: Perfect Blue 25th Anniversary – Satoshi Kon Fest | Sep 6, 2023 | Moderate (Iconic Events Releasing)

2025 Re-release | Oct 3, 2025 | Moderate (GKIDS)

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Box Office Results

All Releases (4)
Total US & Canada:
$2,292,123
Total International
$450,974
Total Worldwide:
$2,743,097

Total US & Canada:
$9,600
Total International
$120,536
Total Worldwide:
$130,136

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

Satoshi Kon
Director

Junko Iwao
Mima Kirigoe

Rica Matsumoto
Rumi

Shinpachi Tsuji
Tadokoro

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby,Dolby Surround 5.1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Japan

Language: Japanese,English

Summaries

Storyline

Mima leaves the idol group CHAM, in order to pursue her dream as an actress. Mima climbs up the rocky road to success by performing as rape victims and posing nude for magazines, but is haunted by her reflections of the past. — Encouraged by her manager, Rumi, the lead singer of the successful J-Pop group, "CHAM!", and teen idol, Mima Kirigoe, decides to quit her bubblegum trio to pursue an acting career in the television soap, "Double Bind". However, her bold choice doesn't sit well with the young band's male admirers, especially the unknown die-hard fan who starts posting insidious threats and disturbingly intimate information about Mima's life on her blog--entries Mima swears aren't hers. Now, all those who talked Mima into embracing her "bad girl" persona end up brutally murdered, and a menacing doppelgänger harasses her. Is this strange and dangerous situation merely a palpable delusion, or is Mima, indeed, being stalked by a violent killer? — Nick Riganas