Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete (2002)
Overview
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.
Cast
Ayaka Maeda
Ai Asaka
Nao Omori
Toshihiko Horibe
Masahiro Toda
Bando
Makiko Watanabe
Bando's Wife
Yumi Shimizu
Hiromi
Tarō Suwa
Convenience Store Manager
Yumeka Sasaki
Yoji Tanaka
Photographer
Kenji Mizuhashi
Kiichi Sonobe
Kyoko Hayami
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