Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete (2002)
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.
Director:
Toshiki Satō
Writers:
Masahiro Kobayashi, Shinji Imaoka.
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Ayaka Maeda as Ai Asaka |
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Nao Omori as Toshihiko Horibe |
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Masahiro Toda as Bando |
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Makiko Watanabe as Bando's Wife |
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Yumi Shimizu as Hiromi |
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Tarō Suwa as Convenience Store Manager |
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Yumeka Sasaki as |
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Yoji Tanaka as Photographer |
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Kiyoko Negishi as |
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Kenji Mizuhashi as |
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Yuka Ota as |
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Tsubasa Akimoto as |
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Yoshitaka Kamada as |
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Tetsuaki Matsue as |
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Akana Ueno as |
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Kayoko Ueno as |
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Yûki Ariga as |
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Kiichi Sonobe as |
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Kyoko Hayami as |
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Yoshikawa Momotaro as |
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Hirokazu Tabata as |
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Hiroyuki Ukemori as |
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Michinori Toyoda as |
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Eiji Nakamura as |
| Directing | Toshiki Satō | Director |
| Writing | Yoshikazu Takeuchi | Novel |
| Production | Keiko Satô | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Naoki Kaneko | Editor |
| Crew | Tomoo Haraguchi | Makeup Effects |
| Camera | Yasuhito Hironaka | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Isao Yamada | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Michinori Toyoda | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Masahiro Kobayashi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shinji Imaoka | Screenplay |
| Production | Toshihisa Tsunoda | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hajime Zhang | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kazuto Morita | Producer |
| Lighting | Ken Takada | Gaffer |
| Sound | Shin Fukuda | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Teiichi Hori | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Kô Kajino | Production Assistant |
| Production | Tamio Ochiai | Production Assistant |
| Production | Kan Kōhei | Production Assistant |
| Directing | Takuji Nagai | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Osamu Yoshida | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Takashi Imanari | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Yukio Komiya | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Shigeto Mizuno | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Yasushi Iwabuchi | Assistant Gaffer |
| Sound | Mitsuru Seya | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Hisashi Iwamaru | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Noriyoshi Yoshida | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Tomoaki Fukushima | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Makoto Fukuda | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Tomoko Hiruta | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tomoo Haraguchi | Prosthetics |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kako Asao | Lead Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shigeko Yoshiya | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hisano Ogura | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kaori Shiraishi | Costumer |
| Art | Momo Tachibana | Decorator |
| Art | Ippei Itou | Decorator |
| Art | Yuta Imanari | Decorator |
| Art | Yuko Aoki | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Martillo Manoukian | Other |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yoko Tamura | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Saori Hattori | Makeup & Hair |
| Crew | Hideo Saito | Stunt Coordinator |
| Editing | Yuki Matsumura | Negative Cutter |
| Editing | Mitsuru Meike | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Rei Sakamoto | Other |
| Production | Miyata Shosei | Publicist |
| Production | Toru Akaogi | Publicist |
| Art | Yoichiro Yamamoto | Other |
| Camera | Emiko Mayuzumi | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Teiji Shimizu | Color Timer |
| Production | Hideo Jojo | Associate Producer |
| Production | Yūji Tajiri | Associate Producer |
| Production | Hiroshi Onishi | Associate Producer |
| Production | Tadashi Matsumoto | Associate Producer |
| Production | Takeyuki Mori | Associate Producer |
| Production | Yuki Yokoi | Associate Producer |
| Production | Shindo Yoshihiko | Associate Producer |
| Production | Yoshikazu Katō | Associate Producer |
| Production | Tetsuya Takehora | Associate Producer |
| Production | Yoshinori Kanô | Casting |
| Production | Keiichi Ayuhara | Casting |
| Production | Mari Yamashita | Casting |
| Crew | Haruki Iwata | Thanks |
| Crew | Takahashi Konosuke | Thanks |
| Crew | Ryuichi Suganuma | Thanks |
| Crew | Misako Umi | Thanks |
| Crew | Hatsutarô Satô | Thanks |
| Crew | Shigeo Katsuyama | Thanks |
| Crew | Takahiro Hosoya | Thanks |
| Writing | Michinori Toyoda | Lyricist |
| Sound | Isao Yamada | Music Producer |
| Sound | Hiroyuki Ukemori | Music Producer |
| Crew | Minonao Takahashi | Thanks |
| Crew | Kaori Yokota | Thanks |
| Crew | Soichiro Yamada | Thanks |
| Crew | Natsuko Matsumoto | Thanks |
| Crew | Tsuyoshi Koizumi | Thanks |
| Crew | Yoko Ando | Thanks |
| Crew | Keiichiro Kawashima | Thanks |
| Crew | Miyako Komatsuzaki | Thanks |
| Crew | Koji Ueda | Thanks |
| Crew | Satoshi Kagamihaya | Thanks |
| Crew | Toshirō Enomoto | Thanks |
| Crew | Yoko Imanari | Thanks |
| Crew | Mitoyo Tomita | Thanks |
| Crew | Taniwa Mirai | Thanks |
| Crew | Yōichi Shiga | Thanks |
| Crew | Koki Nagai | Thanks |
| Crew | Takahiro Ueno | Thanks |
| Crew | Yoshiaki Nakane | Thanks |
| Crew | Ayumi Yamauchi | Thanks |
| Crew | Jun Watanabe | Thanks |
| Crew | Kazuhisa Horikawa | Thanks |
| Crew | Shin Sakai | Thanks |
| Crew | Jin Kaneda | Thanks |
| Crew | Ayumi Katara | Thanks |
| Crew | Asai Yoshi | Thanks |
