Paprika

7.8 2006 Satoshi Kon 1h 30m
Science Fiction Thriller Animation
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

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)

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Vibes

Curious Adventurous Visually Stunning Mind Bending Hidden Gem

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Paprika

Akira
Akira 1988
Japanese animation at its most ambitious. Two films that redefined what animation could do and say. Inception
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