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Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete

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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.

Directed byToshiki Satō

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 43m
Language
JA
Released
August 24, 2002
Studios
Kokuei CompanyJapan Sky WayEndless

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PERFECT BLUE　夢なら醒めて・・・｜CM

PERFECT BLUE　夢なら醒めて・・・｜CM

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Ayaka Maeda

Ayaka Maeda

Ai Asaka

Nao Omori

Nao Omori

Toshihiko Horibe

Masahiro Toda

Masahiro Toda

Bando

Makiko Watanabe

Makiko Watanabe

Bando's Wife

Yumi Shimizu

Yumi Shimizu

Hiromi

Tarō Suwa

Tarō Suwa

Convenience Store Manager

Yumeka Sasaki

Yumeka Sasaki

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka

Photographer

Kiyoko Negishi

Kenji Mizuhashi

Kenji Mizuhashi

Creative team
Directed by
Toshiki Satō
Toshiki Satō
Written by
Masahiro Kobayashi
Masahiro Kobayashi
Shinji Imaoka
Shinji Imaoka
Produced by
Kazuto Morita

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