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Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
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Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete

2002-08-24 · 103 min · ★ 6.4

Drama · Mystery · Thriller

Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete (パーfectブルー 夢なら醒めて, Pāfekuto Burū: Yume Nara Samete) is a 2002 Japanese psychological thriller film directed by Toshiki Satō and adapted from the novel of the same name by Yoshikazu Takeuchi. The story centers on Ai, a teen pop idol transitioning to a recording career, whose life unravels amid fixation from a obsessive convenience store clerk, leading to themes of distorted self-perception, narcissistic delusions, and violent events.

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Directors
Toshiki Satō
Production companies
Kokuei Company, Japan Sky Way, Endless
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ayaka MaedaAyaka MaedaAi Asaka
Nao OmoriNao OmoriToshihiko Horibe
Masahiro TodaMasahiro TodaBando
Makiko WatanabeMakiko WatanabeBando's Wife
Yumi ShimizuYumi ShimizuHiromi
Tarō SuwaTarō SuwaConvenience Store Manager
Yumeka SasakiYumeka Sasaki
Yoji TanakaYoji TanakaPhotographer
Kiyoko Negishi
Kenji MizuhashiKenji Mizuhashi
Yuka Ota
Tsubasa Akimoto
Yoshitaka Kamada
Tetsuaki Matsue
Akana Ueno
Kayoko Ueno
Yûki Ariga
Kiichi SonobeKiichi Sonobe
Kyoko HayamiKyoko Hayami
Yoshikawa Momotaro

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