Perfect Blue (PERFECT BLUE 夢なら醒めて) 22 years old
Asaka Ai is a budding starlet waiting for her big break to make it into the limelight. Under the dedicated tutelage of her manager Bando she shuffles from one photo shoot to the next, most often resulting in her image being used on various advertising posters. With the help of a catchy tune, Ai and Bando anticipate she will finally break out of merely poster appearances and into television commercials and from there, real stardom. The song is entitled "If this is a Dream Wake Me" (Yume Nara Samete) and was written by Ai's friend Hiromi just prior to Hiromi jumping headlong off a tall building. But as things started to go well, a stalker shows up knowing anything and everything about Ai...
Credits
Perfect Blue Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Makiko Watanabe She was 33, now 56 years old | as Bando's wife |
| Nao Ōmori He was 30, now 52 years old | as Toshihiko Horibe |
| Kenji Mizuhashi He was 27, now 49 years old | |
| Taro Suwa He was 48, now 70 years old | as Convenience store manager |
| Yoji Tanaka He was 39, now 61 years old | |
| Masahiro Toda He was 34, now 56 years old | as Bando, Ai's manager |
| Yûki Ariga | |
| Yûka Ohta | |
| Yumi Shimizu | as Hiromi |
| Seiko Negishi | |
| Ayaka Maeda She was 19, now 41 years old | as Ai Asaka |
| Akana Ueno |
Perfect Blue Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Naoki Kaneko as Editor. He was 44 (now 66) years old | Editing |
| Yoshikazu Takeuchi as Novel. He was 47 (now 69) years old | Writing |
| Daisuke Asakura as Executive Producer. He was 34 (now 57) years old | Production |
| Kazuto Morita as Producer. | Production |
| Tomo'o Haraguchi as Makeup Effects. | Crew |
| Masahiro Kobayashi as Writer. He was 48 (now 70) years old | Writing |
| Shinji Imaoka as Writer. He was 37 (now 59) years old | Writing |
| Toshiki Satō as Director. He was 41 (now 63) years old | Directing |
| Michinori Toyoda as Music. | Sound |
| Isao Yamada as Music. He was 50 (now 72) years old | Sound |
Perfect Blue (22 years)
- Release day: Saturday, August 24, 2002
- Runtime: 103 minutes