Perfect Blue - Cast

Cast

  • Junko Iwao (Bridget Hoffman (as Ruby Marlowe) in the English adaption) as Mima Kirigoe, the main protagonist of the film. She is a pop idol who plans on converting into acting. However, when she is terrorized by a dissatisfied stalker, she becomes increasingly unsound mentally and emotionally.
  • Rica Matsumoto (Wendee Lee in the English adaption) as Rumi, Mima's manager. A former idol singer, she is now only a mere shell of her former self. She is opposed to Mima's crossover into acting.
  • Shinpachi Tsuji as Tadokoro, Mima's office manager. Unlike Rumi, Tadokoro views Mima's crossover into acting in a positive manner, though he can often be overbearing and pushy.
  • Masaaki Ōkura (R. Martin Klein (as Bob Marx) in the English adaption) as Uchida, a stalker known in the film by the alias of Me-Mania.
  • Yōsuke Akimoto as Tejima
  • Yoku Shioya as Takao Shibuya, the screenwriter of Double Bind.
  • Hideyuki Hori as Sakuragi
  • Emi Shinohara as Eri Ochiai, an actress who plays a psychiatrist in Double Bind
  • Masashi Ebara as Murano, a pornographer who arouses the ire of Uchida by taking pictures of Mima.
  • Kiyoyuki Yanada as the director of Double Bind.
  • Tōru Furusawa as Yatazaki
  • Emiko Furukawa and Shiho Niiyama as Yukiko and Rei, Mima's co-singers in the idol group "CHAM".
  • Akio Suyama as Tadashi Doi, a delinquent who disturbs a live CHAM show at the beginning of the film. He is Uchida's first victim, as revealed in a newspaper clipping posted on an elevator.

The actors in the English adaption are listed in the credits without specification to their respective roles. The cast includes Barry Stigler (as Gil Starberry), Lia Sargent, Steve Bulen, Jamieson Price (as James Lyon), Frank Buck, Steven Blum (as David Lucas), Jimmy Theodore, Elliot Reynolds, Kirk Thornton (as Sparky Thornton), Bambi Darro, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (as Melissa Williamson), Michael Lindsay (as Dylan Tully), Matt K. Miller (as Kermit Beachwood), Sam Strong, Carol Stanzione, Ty Webb, Bill Timoney (as Billy Regan), Dari Mackenzie, Paul St. Peter (as George C. Cole), Syd Fontana, Sven Nosgard, Michael Devon McCarty (as Devon Michaels), Bob Buchholz (as Robert Wicks) and Mattie Rando.

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