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Paprika
Sign in to save2006 anime film directed by Satoshi Kon
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7.8When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.
Cast
- Megumi Hayashibara as Paprika / Atsuko Chiba (voice)
- Tohru Emori as Seijiro Inui (voice)
- Katsunosuke Hori as Torataro Shima (voice)
- Toru Furuya as Kosaku Tokita (voice)
- Akio Otsuka as Toshimi Konakawa (voice)
- Koichi Yamadera as Morio Osanai (voice)
Themes
- research
- japan
- dreams
- based on novel or book
- procession
- psychoanalysis
- mad scientist
- dream girl
- parallel world
- adult animation
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Paprika
- Score
- 8.05/10 (309,684 votes)
- Rank
- #664
- Popularity
- #407
- Type
- Movie
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished Airing
- Studios
- Madhouse
The world of dreams can be an incredible window into the psyche, showing one's deepest desires, aspirations, and repressed memories. One hopeful tech lab has been developing the "DC Mini," a device with the power to delve into the dreams of others. Atsuko Chiba and Kosaku Tokita…
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Satoshi Kon
- Screenplay by
- Seishi Minakami Satoshi Kon
- Based on
- Paprika , by Yasutaka Tsutsui
- Produced by
- Jungo Maruta Masao Takiyama
- Starring
- Megumi Hayashibara Tōru Emori Katsunosuke Hori Tōru Furuya Akio Otsuka Koichi Yamadera Hideyuki Tanaka
- Cinematography
- Michiya Katou
- Edited by
- Takeshi Seyama
- Music by
- Susumu Hirasawa
- Production company
- Madhouse
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan
- Release dates
- 2 September 2006 ( 2006-09-02 ) ( Venice ) 25 November 2006 ( 2006-11-25 ) (Japan)
- Running time
- 90 minutes
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Budget
- ¥300 million (2.6 million USD)
- Box office
- $2.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 292688
- Official website
- www.paprikamovie.com
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- publication date
- 2006-11-25
- title
- パプリカ
- box office
- 882267
- capital cost
- 300000000
- review score
- 81/100
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Paprika (Japanese: パプリカ, Hepburn: Papurika) is a 2006 Japanese animated surrealist science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon, who co-wrote the screenplay with Seishi Minakami. It is based on the 1993 novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui. The Japanese voice cast stars Megumi Hayashibara, Tōru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tōru Furuya, Akio Otsuka, Koichi Yamadera, and Hideyuki Tanaka. The film follows a battle between an unknown "dream terrorist" who causes nightmares by stealing a device that allows others to share their dreams, the research psychologist Dr. Atsuko Chiba, and a personality named Paprika—a dream detective who shares Atsuko's mind.
Paprika was Kon's fourth and final feature film before his death in 2010. His co-writer Seishi Minakami had previously written for Kon's TV series Paranoia Agent (2004), while the film's character design and animation director was Masashi Ando, and the music was composed by Kon's frequent collaborator Susumu Hirasawa. The art director was Nobutaka Ike, who worked on all of Kon's projects. Japanese animation studio Madhouse animated and produced the film.