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Perfect Blue (1997)

Directed by Satoshi Kon · Cinematography by Hisao Shirai

82 min59 frames

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Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

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