Paprika(2007)

R
1h 30m

Release Date: May 25, 2007 | Limited

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.

Official Website

Releases

Original Release | May 25, 2007

Axcn: Paprika – Satoshi Kon Fest (Iconic Events Releasing) | Jan 8, 2025

Box Office

All Releases (2)
Total US & Canada:
$882,267
Total International
$64,323
Total Worldwide:
$961,196

Total US & Canada:
$882,267
Total International
$62,648
Total Worldwide:
$955,551

Director & Top Cast

Satoshi Kon
Director

Megumi Hayashibara
Paprika

Tôru Emori
Inui Sei-jiroh

Katsunosuke Hori
Shima Tora-taroh

Tôru Furuya
Tokita Kohsaku

Kôichi Yamadera
Osanai Morio

Akio Ôtsuka

Detective Kogawa Toshimi

Hideyuki Tanaka

Guy

Satomi Kôrogi

Japanese Doll

Daisuke Sakaguchi

Himuro Kei

Mitsuo Iwata

Tsumura Yasushi

Rikako Aikawa

Kakimoto Nobue

Shin’ichirô Ôta

Reporter

Satoshi Kon

Jin-nai

Yasutaka Tsutsui

Kuga

Brian Beacock

Hajime Himuro

Doug Erholtz

Dr. Morio Osanai

Michael Forest

Dr. Seijiro Inui

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: SDDS,DTS,Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Japan

Language: Japanese,English

Summaries

Plot Summary

In this Japanese anime epic, humanity's last bastion of privacy has finally been infiltrated by technology, the world of our dreams. The story centers on a new invention called the DC-Mini. With this revolutionary device, psychiatrists are now able to enter a patient's dreams in a therapeutic setting. But when an unknown assailant steals all of the devices, using them to enter peoples minds enacting mind control, chaos ensues as dreams begin to bleed into reality, and the thin line between the conscious and the unconscious begins to blur. Enter a young female researcher named Chiba, who takes it upon herself to delve into the newly anarchic dream world in order to set things straight. In this surreal realm her name is Paprika, and she's out to save the world. Bursting with fantastic imagery and breathtakingly innovative animation.

Storyline

Three scientists at the Foundation for Psychiatric Research fail to secure a device they've invented, the D.C. Mini, which allows people to record and watch their dreams. A thief uses the device to enter people's minds, when awake, and distract them with their own dreams and those of others. Chaos ensues. The trio - Chiba, Tokita, and Shima - assisted by a police inspector and by a sprite named Paprika must try to identify the thief as they ward off the thief's attacks on their own psyches. Dreams, reality, and the movies merge, while characters question the limits of science and the wisdom of Big Brother. —