Summaries

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.

Mima leaves the idol group CHAM, in order to pursue her dream as an actress. Mima climbs up the rocky road to success by performing as rape victims and posing nude for magazines, but is haunted by her reflections of the past.—<H@jime>

Encouraged by her manager, Rumi, the lead singer of the successful J-Pop group, "CHAM!", and teen idol, Mima Kirigoe, decides to quit her bubblegum trio to pursue an acting career in the television soap, "Double Bind". However, her bold choice doesn't sit well with the young band's male admirers, especially the unknown die-hard fan who starts posting insidious threats and disturbingly intimate information about Mima's life on her blog--entries Mima swears aren't hers. Now, all those who talked Mima into embracing her "bad girl" persona end up brutally murdered, and a menacing doppelgänger harasses her. Is this strange and dangerous situation merely a palpable delusion, or is Mima, indeed, being stalked by a violent killer?—Nick Riganas

Details

Keywords
  • rape
  • female protagonist
  • film within a film
  • obsessed fan
  • hallucination
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Animation
Release date Feb 27, 1998
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Japan
Language English Japanese
Production companies Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Rex Entertainment Kotobuki Seihan Printing

Box office

Budget $3000000
Gross US & Canada $558598
Opening weekend US & Canada $9600
Gross worldwide $563130

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 21m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Dolby Surround 5.1
Aspect ratio

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