** Co-presented with Grand Illusion, who will join us in screening Kon’s feature films! **

Perfect Blue, the groundbreaking and rarely screened first film from the legendary director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Paranoia Agent), returns to theaters for its 20th anniversary in a brand new digital transfer.

Rising pop star Mima has quit singing to pursue a career as an actress and model, but her fans aren’t ready to see her go… Encouraged by her managers, Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima’s reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia. As her stalker closes in, in person and online, the threat he poses is more real than even Mima knows, in this iconic psychological thriller that has frequently been hailed as one of the most important animated films of all time.

Description courtesy of GKIDS.

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**全ての今敏の長編映画を上映する為に協同しているGrand Illusionのカレンダーもお楽しみに！**

『PERFECT BLUE』は、パプリカや妄想代理人を制作した今敏の初監督作品。

アイドルグループ「CHAM」の霧越未麻（きりごえ みま）は突如グループ脱退を宣言し、女優への転身を計ったが、転身後の仕事はアイドル時代では考えられないものばかりだった。ファンも変わってしまった彼女を嘆いたいたが、徐々に女優としての人気が軌道に乗り始める。しかし、その人気とは裏腹に彼女自身、現状への不満を募らせアイドル時代の自分の幻影を見る程に自信を見失ってしまう。そんな中事務所に手紙爆弾が送りつけられたり、関係者が次々と殺される事件が発生するー

アイドルと熱烈なファン、夢と現実の交錯を描いたホラー作品だ。