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Paprika

Paprika

This is your brain on anime.

20067.81h 30m

Overview

When 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.

Directed by Satoshi Kon
Written by Satoshi Kon, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Seishi Minakami
Produced by Masao Takiyama, Jungo Maruta
Box OfficeBudget: $2.6MRevenue: $947K

Top Cast

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Paprika / Atsuko Chiba (voice)

Tohru Emori

Tohru Emori

Seijiro Inui (voice)

Katsunosuke Hori

Katsunosuke Hori

Torataro Shima (voice)

Toru Furuya

Toru Furuya

Kosaku Tokita (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Toshimi Konakawa (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Morio Osanai (voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka

Hideyuki Tanaka

Guy (voice)

Satoshi Kon

Satoshi Kon

Jinnai (voice)

Yasutaka Tsutsui

Yasutaka Tsutsui

Kuga (voice)

Satomi Korogi

Satomi Korogi

Japanese Doll (voice)

Themes & Keywords

researchjapandreamsbased on novel or bookprocessionpsychoanalysismad scientistdream girlparallel worldadult animationdream worldanimeavant gardewitty

About Paprika

Paprika is a science fiction, thriller, animation film released in 2006 exploring themes of research, japan, dreams, based on novel or book, procession, psychoanalysis. Directed by Satoshi Kon, it stars Megumi Hayashibara, Tohru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori. When 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.

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