Paprika
November 11, 2024
Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a genius scientist by day, and a kick-ass dream warrior named PAPRIKA by night. In this psychedelic sci-fi adventure, it will take the skills of both women to save the world...
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Monday, November 11, 2024
In the near future, a revolutionary new psychotherapy treatment called PT has been invented. Through a device called the “DC Mini” it is able to act as a “dream detective” to enter into people’s dreams and explore their unconscious thoughts. Before the government can pass a bill authorizing the use of such advanced psychiatric technology, one of the prototypes is stolen, sending the research facility into an uproar. In the wrong hands, the potential misuse of the devise could be devastating, allowing the user to completely annihilate a dreamer’s personality while they are asleep. Renowned scientist, Dr. Atsuko Chiba, enters the dream world under her exotic alter-ego, code name “PAPRIKA,” in an attempt to discover who is behind the plot to undermine the new invention.
- Director: Satoshi Kon
- Principal Cast: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Furuya, Kôichi Yamadera, Katsunosuke Hori, Toru Emori, Akio Ôtsuka
- Country: Japan
- Year: 2006
- Running Time: 90 min.
- Producer: Maruta Jungo, Takiyama Masao
- Screenplay: Minakimi Seishi, Satoshi Kon, Nobutawa Ike
- Cinematographers: Kato Michiya
- Editors: Seyama Takeshi
- Music: Hirasawa Susumu
- Filmography: Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Millennium Actress (2001), Perfect Blue (1998)
- Language: Japanese
- US Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
- International Sales: Sony Pictures Distribution International