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PERFECT BLUE 夢なら醒めて (original title)
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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.
Cast: Ayaka Maeda, Nao Omori, Masahiro Toda, Makiko Watanabe, Yumi Shimizu, Tarō Suwa, Yumeka Sasaki, Yoji Tanaka, Kiyoko Negishi, Kenji Mizuhashi, Yuka Ota, Tsubasa Akimoto, Yoshitaka Kamada, Tetsuaki Matsue, Akana Ueno, Kayoko Ueno, Yûki Ariga, Kiichi Sonobe, Kyoko Hayami, Yoshikawa Momotaro
Writers: Yoshikazu Takeuchi (Novel), Masahiro Kobayashi (Screenplay), Shinji Imaoka (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: Yasuhito Hironaka
Editor: Naoki Kaneko
Composer: Isao Yamada, Michinori Toyoda
Direction team: Teiichi Hori (First Assistant Director), Takuji Nagai (Second Assistant Director), Osamu Yoshida (Second Assistant Director), Takashi Imanari (Second Assistant Director)
Producers: Keiko Satô, Toshihisa Tsunoda, Hajime Zhang
Production: Kokuei Company, Japan Sky Way, Endless