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movie Perfect Blue (1998)

Released: February 28, 1998
Runtime: 1 hour 22 minutes
Animation Thriller

Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

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