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78% Critic Match
Paprika
“This is your brain on anime.”
7.8 / 10• 2006• 1h 30m•R• Japanese
AnimationScience FictionThriller
Storyline
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 & Crew
Megumi Hayashibara
Paprika / Atsuko Chiba (voice)
Lead
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)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Satoshi Kon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Paprika is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
