Perfect Blue: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A drama based on Miyabe Miyuki's "Perfect Blue" and "Kokoro Torokasuyouna - Masa no Jikenbo". The episodes are stand-alone but all revolve around Kayoko's search for the mystery and truth behind her father's death. Fujimi Sakiko comes to the Hasumi Detective Agency asking for help concerning a stalker. Kyoko's daughter Kayoko, an investigator at the agency, takes on the case. Along with Masa, a former police dog, she joins Sakiko for her morning jog. While they are out jogging, they come across a bloody corpse. They try calling the police but their cell phones have no reception so they decide to walk to the police station. When they return, they find Masa on the ground and the corpse has disappeared. They are told that the corpse was actually alive and that the man was pretending to be his brother who happens to be a member of a gang sought by the police. Kayoko does not buy into this and asks her friend, Shiina for his advice.

Series details

• Title: Perfect Blue
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2012-10-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-12-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37092
• IMDb ID: tt2367302
• TVDB ID: 265225

Cast and credited roles

• Miori Takimoto — Kayoko Hasumi
• Aya Hirayama — Nana Kimizuka
• Kensei Mikami — Shunichi Miyamoto
• Kumiko Shiratori — Momoko Nagashima
• Taishi Nakagawa — Shinya Morooka
• Haori Takahashi — Itoko Hasumi
• Kaori Asoh — Ruriko Ejima
• Eiichiro Funakoshi — Hasumi Koichiro
• Toshie Negishi — Michiko Miura
• Tetsu Watanabe — Tamaki Fujinaga
• Yasufumi Terawaki — Yusuke Shiina
• Naomi Zaizen — Kyoko Hasumi

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-10-08; final listed air date 2012-12-17; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Perfect Blue on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.