Film

Paprika

2006 · 1h 30m · Animation · Science Fiction · Thriller

This is your brain on anime.

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

87%

Metacritic

81

Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a research psychologist who uses a device called the DC Mini to enter her patients' dreams, wherein she adopts the alter-ego "Paprika". When the device is stolen, she must stop rogue elements from merging the dream and waking worlds.

Megumi Hayashibara

Paprika / Atsuko Chiba (voice)

Tohru Emori

Seijiro Inui (voice)

Katsunosuke Hori

Torataro Shima (voice)

Toru Furuya

Kosaku Tokita (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Toshimi Konakawa (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Morio Osanai (voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka

Guy (voice)

Satoshi Kon

Jinnai (voice)

Yasutaka Tsutsui

Kuga (voice)

Satomi Korogi

Japanese Doll (voice)

Rikako Aikawa

Nobue Kakimoto (voice)

Shinya Fukumatsu

(voice)

Kumiko Izumi

(voice)

Eiji Miyashita

(voice)

Mitsuo Iwata

Yasushi Tsumura (voice)

Shinichiro Ohta

(voice)

• Satoshi KonDirector · Screenplay
• Seishi MinakamiScreenplay
• Yasutaka TsutsuiNovel
• Masao TakiyamaProducer
• Jungo MarutaProducer · Executive Producer
• Michiya KatoDirector of Photography
• Susumu HirasawaOriginal Music Composer
• Takeshi SeyamaEditor
• Yumi JingujiEditor

15th Anniversary TrailerOfficial Trailer

Release date

October 1, 2006

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

R

Budget

$2,600,000

Revenue

$946,590

Genres

Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller

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