Perfect Blue

sexual violence, strong violence, nudity
Director(s)Satoshi Kon
Production year1997
Release date31/10/2025
Genre(s)Animation
Approx. running minutes82m
CastJunko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji
Posters powered by IMDb

Perfect Blue

sexual violence, strong violence, nudity
A pop singer transitions to a career as an actress, only to fear she is being stalked by a dangerously obsessed fan as r ...
A pop singer transitions to a career as an actress, only to fear she is being stalked by a dangerously obsessed fan as reality and fantasy violently collide.
violence
threat and horror
language
sex
sexual violence and sexual threat
injury detail
nudity
theme
sexual violence, strong violence, nudity
Classified Date:
08/09/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Anime Ltd
violence
Strong bloody violence includes a frenzied knife attack in which a man is stabbed in the eye and the crotch. A woman is beaten and strangled by a man. Punches are exchanged in a scene of hand to hand fighting.
threat and horror
Sequences of strong threat include characters fearing they are being watched and stalked. There are scenes of knife threat and chases which include a focus on a woman's distress.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'asshole', 'bastard', 'screw', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sex
Men look at nude images of women in pornographic magazines. Verbal references are made to sex and there is some sexualised focus on the bodies of female characters, occasionally in states of undress.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A scene being filmed for a TV series involves a female strip club performer being attacked, stripped and forcibly held down by a group of men as another man rapes her in a sustained sequence of sexual violence. There are also scenes of sustained sexual threat in which a man attempts to rape a woman at knifepoint after beating her. Verbal references are made to a serial killer becoming sexually aroused by committing acts of violence.
injury detail
Bloody dead bodies are seen in the aftermath of violent attacks, as well as corpses with their eyes gouged out. There is also sight of large blood spurts, blood splashes and crime scene detail.
nudity
There are sexualised pornographic images of a naked woman, featuring breast and pubic nudity; these are intercut with scenes of bloody violence in one sequence. There is also sight of a woman's partially naked, blood splashed dead body, which includes breast nudity, at a crime scene.
theme
The deterioration of a woman's mental health and her attendant distress is a recurring theme of the film.
alcohol and smoking
Characters smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Passed 18 for strong violence, nudity and language
Classified Date:
27/05/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
04/11/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
08/09/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Anime Ltd
Classified Date:
08/05/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
05/11/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
16/06/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
08/05/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified date08/09/2025
LanguageEnglish
violence
threat and horror
language
sex
sexual violence and sexual threat
injury detail
nudity
theme
Director(s)Satoshi Kon
Production year1997
Release date31/10/2025
Genre(s)Animation
Approx. running minutes82m
CastJunko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji
Posters powered by IMDb
sexual violence, strong violence, nudity
Classified Date:
08/09/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Anime Ltd
violence
Strong bloody violence includes a frenzied knife attack in which a man is stabbed in the eye and the crotch. A woman is beaten and strangled by a man. Punches are exchanged in a scene of hand to hand fighting.
threat and horror
Sequences of strong threat include characters fearing they are being watched and stalked. There are scenes of knife threat and chases which include a focus on a woman's distress.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'asshole', 'bastard', 'screw', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sex
Men look at nude images of women in pornographic magazines. Verbal references are made to sex and there is some sexualised focus on the bodies of female characters, occasionally in states of undress.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A scene being filmed for a TV series involves a female strip club performer being attacked, stripped and forcibly held down by a group of men as another man rapes her in a sustained sequence of sexual violence. There are also scenes of sustained sexual threat in which a man attempts to rape a woman at knifepoint after beating her. Verbal references are made to a serial killer becoming sexually aroused by committing acts of violence.
injury detail
Bloody dead bodies are seen in the aftermath of violent attacks, as well as corpses with their eyes gouged out. There is also sight of large blood spurts, blood splashes and crime scene detail.
nudity
There are sexualised pornographic images of a naked woman, featuring breast and pubic nudity; these are intercut with scenes of bloody violence in one sequence. There is also sight of a woman's partially naked, blood splashed dead body, which includes breast nudity, at a crime scene.
theme
The deterioration of a woman's mental health and her attendant distress is a recurring theme of the film.
alcohol and smoking
Characters smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Passed 18 for strong violence, nudity and language
Classified Date:
27/05/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
04/11/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
08/09/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Anime Ltd
Classified Date:
08/05/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
05/11/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
16/06/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
08/05/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified date08/09/2025
LanguageEnglish