A pop idol's new acting career blurs reality and fantasy into a chilling, surreal paranoia.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Max.
Heads up on strong sex and nudity. That is past what the R on the box suggests. Beyond that, real scares and a jolt or two.
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Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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