Perfect Blue
1997 film by Satoshi Kon
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Summary
Perfect Blue is an anime film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of anime film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35,601 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Satoshi Kon[3]
- Screenwriter: Sadayuki Murai[4]
- Genre: thriller anime[5], mystery anime[6], police procedural film[7]
- Producer: Hiroaki Inoue[8], Masao Maruyama[9]
- Production company: Madhouse[10]
- Original language of film or TV show: Japanese[11]
- Distribution format: video on demand[12], theatrical release[13]
- Review score: 80%[14], 7.2/10[15], 67/100[16]
- Color: color[17]
- Country of origin: Japan[18]
- Publication date: January 1, 1997[19], July 6, 2000[20], February 28, 1998[21], August 20, 1999[22]
- Voice actor: Junko Iwao[23], Rika Matsumoto[24], Shinpachi Tsuji[25], Masaaki Ōkura[26], Yōsuke Akimoto[27], Yoku Shioya[28], Hideyuki Hori[29], Emi Shinohara[30], Masashi Ebara[31], Kiyoyuki Yanada[32], Tōru Furusawa[33], Shiho Niiyama[34], Akio Suyama[35]
- Distributed by: Yamato Video[36], Netflix[37]
- Described by source: The Feminist Film Guide[38]
- Title: パーフェクトブルー[39]
- MPA film rating: R[40]
- After a work by: Yoshikazu Takeuchi[41]
- FSK film rating: FSK 16[42]
- Duration: 81 minutes[43]
- Capital cost: 830,442 US dollars[44]
- Box office: 558,598 US dollars[45]
- BBFC rating: 18 certificate[46]
- RARS rating: 16+[47]
- Kijkwijzer rating: 16[48]
- Filmiroda rating: Category IV[49]
Why It Matters
Perfect Blue has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]