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perfectbluePop singer Mima Kirigoe looks forward to a bright new career when she quits her chart-topping trio to become an actress. When she lands a role in a sexually-charged murder mystery, Mima's life begins to fall apart. Reality and hallucinations merge into a terrifying world where innocence is lost and dreams become nightmares.
Quickly descending into a dangerous state of paranoid delusions, Mima watches as Internet sites appears describing every intimate detail of her life. She is helpless and afraid as her associates are threatened and killed by a mysterious stalker.
In the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock and Dario Argento, director Satoshi Kon (Memories), special advisor Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira) and Madhouse Studios (Ninja Scroll) bring Yoshikazu Takeuchi's thrilling suspense-novel to the screen in a tour-de-force that brings animation to a bold new level.
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A startling and powerful film. If Alfred Hitchcock partnered with Walt Disney they'd make a picture like this.
Roger Corman
A very appropriate statement, even if it did come from the cover box. There are no giant robots, mutant monsters or spandex-clad amazons to speak of, but, this dramatic film is well worth a look. The ending totally surprised me. I used to have the subtitled VHS version. I enjoyed this title enough that I repurchased it on DVD.