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

Original Title: PERFECT BLUE 夢なら醒めて

2002
1h 43m
Drama
Mystery
Thriller

Status

Released

Release

2002

Runtime

1h 43m

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Storyline

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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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 43m
Aug 24, 2002
Languages
Japanese
Director
Toshiki Sato
Toshiki Sato
Production
Kokuei Company
Kokuei Company
Japan Sky Way
Japan Sky Way
Production Countries
Japan

Top Cast

13 Cast Members

Ayaka Maeda

Ayaka Maeda

Ai Asaka

Masahiro Toda

Masahiro Toda

Bando

Nao Omori

Nao Omori

Toshihiko Horibe

Makiko Watanabe

Makiko Watanabe

Bando's Wife

Yumi Shimizu

Yumi Shimizu

Hiromi

Tarō Suwa

Tarō Suwa

Convenience Store Manager

Yûki Ariga

Kenji Mizuhashi

Kenji Mizuhashi

Seiko Negishi

Yûka Ohta

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka

Akana Ueno

Yumeka Sasaki

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