Perfect Blue is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller, the feature directorial debut of Satoshi Kon, adapted from a novel by Yoshizumi Takeuchi and following a former pop idol whose grip on reality fractures as she transitions into acting while being stalked by an obsessive fan. The film blurs the line between the protagonist's waking life, dreams and a television drama she is filming, a technique of deliberate perceptual disorientation that became a recurring hallmark of Kon's later work. Perfect Blue is widely regarded as a landmark of adult-oriented psychological animation and has been cited as a direct influence on later live-action psychological thrillers.
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is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon.
Perfect Blue, Description, original language
Perfect Blue is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller, the feature directorial debut of Satoshi Kon, adapted from a novel by Yoshizumi Takeuchi and following a former pop idol whose grip on reality fractures as she transitions into acting while being stalked by an obsessive fan.
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Perfect Blue (Japanese: パーフェクトブルー, Hepburn: Pāfekuto Burū) is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon.
Created By: Satoshi Kon, Article lead sentence
Perfect Blue (Japanese: パーフェクトブルー, Hepburn: Pāfekuto Burū) is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon.
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