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Paprika

Paprika (2006)

パプリカ

This is your brain on anime.

Release:2006
Runtime:1h 30m
Country:Japan
Director:Satoshi Kon
Language:Japanese

Genre

AnimationScience FictionThriller
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Keywords

ResearchJapanDreamsBased On Novel Or BookProcessionPsychoanalysisMad ScientistDream Girl
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Paprika rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.7/10· 112K votes
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic81%
TMDb7.8/10· 3K votes

With 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.7/10 on IMDb and 81/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Paprika

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.

Cast of Paprika

  • Megumi Hayashibara

    Megumi Hayashibara

    as Paprika / Atsuko Chiba (voice)

  • Tohru Emori

    Tohru Emori

    as Seijiro Inui (voice)

  • Katsunosuke Hori

    Katsunosuke Hori

    as Torataro Shima (voice)

  • Toru Furuya

    Toru Furuya

    as Kosaku Tokita (voice)

  • Akio Otsuka

    Akio Otsuka

    as Toshimi Konakawa (voice)

  • Koichi Yamadera

    Koichi Yamadera

    as Morio Osanai (voice)

  • Hideyuki Tanaka

    Hideyuki Tanaka

    as Guy (voice)

  • Satoshi Kon

    Satoshi Kon

    as Jinnai (voice)

  • Yasutaka Tsutsui

    Yasutaka Tsutsui

    as Kuga (voice)

  • Satomi Korogi

    Satomi Korogi

    as Japanese Doll (voice)

  • Rikako Aikawa

    Rikako Aikawa

    as Nobue Kakimoto (voice)

  • Shinya Fukumatsu

    Shinya Fukumatsu

    as (voice)

Paprika facts

Original title
パプリカ
Budget
$2.6M
Box office
$946.6K

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •dream world animation showcases surreal avant-garde visuals
  • •anime artistry creates unique psychological science fiction vision
  • •dream girl concept explores reality-blurring narrative innovation

What the audience disliked

  • •surreal abstract storytelling alienates mainstream audiences
  • •visual complexity occasionally overwhelms narrative coherence

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