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Name: Paprika
Released: 2006-11-20
Cast: Megumi Hayashibara, Toru Furuya, Koichi Yamadera, Katsunosuke Hori

Paprika

R
1h 31m
2006

86%

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Atsuko is a psychiatrist who uses advanced technology to study the human mind. Atsuko has developed a machine that will allow her to enter the dreams of her patients and study their psyches from the inside. Atsuko also does double duty as Paprika, a high-tech detective who uses this new innovation to find out the truth about what the people she's trailing really think. However, Atsuko falls victim to a thief who steals the one-of-a-kind machine, and Paprika sets out to find it as a wave of psychological instability tears through the city.

Director:

Satoshi Kon

Producer:

Satoki Toyoda

Writer:

Satoshi Kon, Seishi Minakami

Cast:

Megumi Hayashibara, Toru Furuya, Koichi Yamadera, Katsunosuke Hori

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

86%

Critics Consensus: Following its own brand of logic, Paprika is an eye-opening mind trip that is difficult to follow but never fails to dazzle.

Reviews

Common Sense Media

JK Sooja

But for others, Paprika will be a thought-provoking, challenging, and fun thrill packed with imagery, symbolism, and play, rich with a full assortment of meaning to argue over.

... the philosophically rich or visually stimulating representations of the ideas present in the film that still grab hold of audiences in a way that live action just can’t.

February 22, 2024

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FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

Charles Solomon

Even the title sequence alone reminds you just how brilliant Kon was at shifting between reality and fantasy.

February 13, 2024

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Maximum Hype (YouTube)

Nicholas Oon

Drawing from ideas ofthe human psyche as well as the art of filmmaking,Paprika is brimming with creativity, from a writer and director whose understanding of animation was unparalleled.

Satoshi Kon's final film is not only one of his finest, but one of the most exhilarating and memorable pieces of Japanese animation ever produced.

July 7, 2021

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