Perfect Blue

About the story

The popular three-girl idol group CharmingBird faces disbandment. Under her agency's arrangements, its central member Mima Kirigoe must leave and become a television actress. Starting over is difficult, especially for a former idol singer, and Mima grows unhappy under the pressure of work. Threatening letters, an attack on her manager Mr. Tadokoro, and a mysterious person keeping an online diary in her voice only deepen her anxiety. In a daze, she even sees another version of herself. No one understands her distress. The greedy Tadokoro agrees to a script requiring her to perform in a highly explicit rape scene. The performance becomes a turning point: her screen appearances increase, and she even poses for nude photographs. Meanwhile, screenwriter Shibuya and photographer Murano, who took the nude pictures, are murdered one after another. Mima's life descends into chaos. What is the truth? The film won Best Asian Film at the 1997 Asian fantasy film festival.