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.
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Cast
24 people
Ayaka Maeda
Ai Asaka
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Yumi Shimizu
Hiromi
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Tarō Suwa
Convenience Store Manager
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Yumeka Sasaki
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Yoji Tanaka
Photographer
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Yuka Ota
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Toshiki Satō Director · Masahiro Kobayashi Screenplay Shinji Imaoka Screenplay
First release August 24, 2002 · Produced in Japan · Production Japan Sky Way, Endless
Production
Kokuei Company
Production
Japan Sky Way
Production
Endless
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Japan
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Original title
PERFECT BLUE 夢なら醒めて
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 24, 2002
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
April 25, 2003 · Physical · Broadway DVD
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