Movie

Perfect Blue

“"excuse me... who are you?"”

★ 8.3(3,220)19981h 21m

Perfect Blue is available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store and CosmoGo in Canada. It isn't on a subscription streaming service there yet. Availability checked 23 June 2026.

Where to watch Perfect Blue

🇨🇦 Canada

Good to know

Director: Satoshi Kon
Release date: 1998-02-28
Runtime: 1h 21m
Language: Japanese
Box office: $2,743,097
Budget: $830,442
Status: Released
Country: Japan
Studio: Madhouse

Perfect Blue — trailer

About Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue is a 1998 movie in the Animation and Thriller genres, directed by Satoshi Kon, starring Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto and Shiho Niiyama. It has a runtime of 1 hour 21 minutes. It holds an average rating of 8.3/10 from 3,220 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Perfect Blue in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, 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.

Cast

Junko Iwao

Mima Kirigoe (voice)

Rica Matsumoto

Rumi (voice)

Shiho Niiyama

Rei (voice)

Masaaki Okura

Mamoru Uchida (voice)

Shinpachi Tsuji

Tadokoro (voice)

Emiko Furukawa

Yukiko (voice)

Yosuke Akimoto

Tejima (voice)

Yoku Shioya

Takao Shibuya (voice)

Hideyuki Hori

Sakuragi (voice)

Emi Shinohara

Eri Ochiai (voice)

Masashi Ebara

Murano (voice)

Kiyoyuki Yanada

Kantoku (voice)

Themes & keywords

careerrapebased on novel or bookparanoiastalkercelebritysingerstalkingfamefemale protagonistpsychological thrillermental illnessmadnesssplit personalityadult animation