Editing Perfect Blue (section)

{{Short description|1997 Japanese animated film by Satoshi Kon}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Perfect Blue
| image          = Perfectblueposter.png
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Satoshi Kon]]
| screenplay     = Sadayuki Murai
| based_on       = {{Based on|''Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis''|[[Yoshikazu Takeuchi]]}}
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Masao Maruyama (film producer)|Masao Maruyama]]
* Hitomi Nakagaki
* Yoshihisa Ishihara
* Yutaka Tōgō
* Hiroaki Inoue
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Junko Iwao]]
* [[Rica Matsumoto]]
* [[Shiho Niiyama]]
* Masaaki Okura
* Shinpachi Tsuji
* Emiko Furukawa
}}
| cinematography = Hisao Shirai
| editing        = Harutoshi Ogata
| music          = Masahiro Ikumi
| studio         = [[Madhouse (company)|Madhouse]]
| distributor    = Rex Entertainment
| released       = {{Film date|1997|8|5|[[Fantasia International Film Festival|Fantasia]]|1998|2|28|Japan}}
| runtime        = 81 minutes
| country        = Japan
| language       = Japanese
| budget         = {{JPY|90 million}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://konstone.s-kon.net/modules/pb/index.php?content_id=2|title=パーフェクトブルー戦記1 発端|access-date=2018-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130180623/http://konstone.s-kon.net/modules/pb/index.php?content_id=2|archive-date=January 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ({{US$|830442}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1998&locations=JP&start=1997 |website=[[World Bank]] |year=1998 |access-date=26 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127152602/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1998&locations=JP&start=1997 |archive-date=January 27, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| gross          = $768,050 {{Small|(US & UK only)}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Pâfekuto burû (1999) – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Pafekuto-buru-(Japan) |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128075520/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Pafekuto-buru-(Japan) |archive-date=November 28, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
$572,669 {{Small|(IT only)}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cineguru.screenweek.it/2024/05/il-regno-del-pianeta-delle-scimmie-parte-al-primo-posto-42430/ | title=Il regno del pianeta delle scimmie parte al primo posto - Il box office di mercoledì 8 maggio | date=May 9, 2024 }}</ref>
}}
{{nihongo|'''''Perfect Blue'''''|パーフェクトブルー|Pāfekuto Burū|lead=yes}} is a 1997 Japanese [[anime|animated]] [[psychological thriller]] film<ref name=variety>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/perfect-blue-1200459946/|title=Film Review: "Perfect Blue"|first=Dennis|last=Harvey|date=31 October 1999|work=Variety|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215150534/https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/perfect-blue-1200459946/|archive-date=February 15, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/08/09-1/satoshi-kons-psychological-thriller-perfect-blue-heads-to-us-theaters|title=Satoshi Kon's Psychological Thriller "Perfect Blue" Heads to U.S. Theaters|first=Paul|last=Chapman|date=9 August 2018|publisher=Crunchyroll|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406204859/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/08/09-1/satoshi-kons-psychological-thriller-perfect-blue-heads-to-us-theaters|archive-date=April 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> directed by [[Satoshi Kon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/perfect-blue-v181843|title=Perfect Blue|access-date=March 28, 2019|last=Crow|first=Jonathan|publisher=AllMovie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328150225/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/perfect-blue-v181843|archive-date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It is loosely based on the novel {{nihongo|''Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis''|パーフェクトブルー：完全変態|Pāfekuto Burū: Kanzen Hentai}} by [[Yoshikazu Takeuchi]], with a screenplay by Sadayuki Murai. Featuring the voices of [[Junko Iwao]], [[Rica Matsumoto]], [[Shiho Niiyama]], Masaaki Okura, Shinpachi Tsuji and Emiko Furukawa, the plot follows a member of a [[Japanese idol]] group who retires from music to pursue an acting career. As she becomes a victim of [[stalking]] by her obsessive fan, gruesome murders take place, and she begins losing her grip on reality.<ref>[https://phasrmedia.com/most-disturbing-horror-movies/ Extreme Cinema: The 40 Most Disturbing Horror Movies Ever Made – PHASR]</ref> The film deals with the blurring of the line between fantasy and reality, a commonly found theme in Kon's other works, such as ''[[Millennium Actress]]'' (2001), ''[[Paranoia Agent]]'' (2004), and ''[[Paprika (2006 film)|Paprika]]'' (2006).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/15/AR2007061500492.html|title=Satoshi Kon, Anime's Dream Weaver|newspaper=Washington Post|date=June 15, 2007|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214221445/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/15/AR2007061500492.html|archive-date=December 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>