A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations
Junko Iwao
- Mima Kirigoe
- (voice)
Rica Matsumoto
- Rumi
- (voice)
- (as Rika Matsumoto)
Shinpachi Tsuji
- Tadokoro
- (voice)
Masaaki Ôkura
- Uchida
- (voice)
Yôsuke Akimoto
- Tejima
- (voice)
Yoku Shioya
- Shibuya
- (voice)
Hideyuki Hori
- Sakuragi
- (voice)
Emi Shinohara
- Eri Ochiai
- (voice)
Masashi Ebara
- Murano
- (voice)
Kiyoyuki Yanada
- Kantoku
- (voice)
Tôru Furusawa
- Yada
- (voice)
Shiho Niiyama
- Rei
- (voice)
Emiko Furukawa
- Yukiko
- (voice)
Aya Hara
- Mima's Mother
- (voice)
Shin'ichirô Miki
- Taku
- (voice)
Jin Yamanoi
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Megumi Tano
- Child
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film was originally conceived as a live-action feature, but became an anime when several backers abruptly pulled out in pre-production.
- Goofs(at around 3 mins) In the English dub version, Cham sings their song at the beginning in English. Later on, when the writer is waiting for the elevator (at around 42 mins), the radio is playing the song in Japanese.
- Alternate versionsAvailable in both R and unrated versions. The unrated cut adds about 3 minutes, extended scenes involving sexuality and violence.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Manga Erotica (2000)
Featured review
Third greatest anime of all time!
On the cover of this film, Roger Corman is quoted as saying "If Alfred Hitchcock partnered with Walt Disney they'd make a picture like this." He couldn't be more right.
The story is about a pop idol Mima, who is sheding her squeaky-clean image for that of an actress. Along the way, she is raped onscreen for a sleazy television show, and does a nude shoot for a men's magazine. This makes her dirty, as her old self tells her. She finds a web site detailing every intimate little detail in her life, and believes that she is being stalked by a strange man. Her personality splits in two, into herself and her old, clean, self which tries to murder her. While she is battling her old self, all of those who contributed to her downfall are being grusomely murdered.
This movie has been critisized by others on this very site, saying that the film was boring in the first 40 minutes. How wrong they are. In Hitchcock's films, (take Psycho for example) he builds up character for the first half-hour until the slashing. This does the same, because if we were not built up to believe that Mima's character is not real-i.e 3-dimensional, then we would feel no sense of loss and disorientation when all hell breaks loose in Mima's life (and the editing room).
A first class film with twists all the way. Should be seen by any movie fan with a mature mind. Even though it will probably collect dust in the anime section of the video store.
5/5
Only beaten in the anime stakes by Ghost in the Shell (2nd) and Akira (1st). Pure genius.
The story is about a pop idol Mima, who is sheding her squeaky-clean image for that of an actress. Along the way, she is raped onscreen for a sleazy television show, and does a nude shoot for a men's magazine. This makes her dirty, as her old self tells her. She finds a web site detailing every intimate little detail in her life, and believes that she is being stalked by a strange man. Her personality splits in two, into herself and her old, clean, self which tries to murder her. While she is battling her old self, all of those who contributed to her downfall are being grusomely murdered.
This movie has been critisized by others on this very site, saying that the film was boring in the first 40 minutes. How wrong they are. In Hitchcock's films, (take Psycho for example) he builds up character for the first half-hour until the slashing. This does the same, because if we were not built up to believe that Mima's character is not real-i.e 3-dimensional, then we would feel no sense of loss and disorientation when all hell breaks loose in Mima's life (and the editing room).
A first class film with twists all the way. Should be seen by any movie fan with a mature mind. Even though it will probably collect dust in the anime section of the video store.
5/5
Only beaten in the anime stakes by Ghost in the Shell (2nd) and Akira (1st). Pure genius.
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- dogg01
- Jun 11, 2001
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Màu Của Ảo Giác
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- ¥3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $558,598
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,600
- Aug 22, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $563,130
- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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