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Paprika( 2006)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Megumi Hayashibara

      Paprika / Atsuko Chiba (voice)

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      Tohru Emori

      Seijiro Inui (voice)

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      Katsunosuke Hori

      Torataro Shima (voice)

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      Toru Furuya

      Kosaku Tokita (voice)

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      Akio Otsuka

      Toshimi Konakawa (voice)

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      Koichi Yamadera

      Morio Osanai (voice)

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      Hideyuki Tanaka

      Guy (voice)

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      Satoshi Kon

      Jinnai (voice)

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      Yasutaka Tsutsui

      Kuga (voice)

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      Satomi Korogi

      Japanese Doll (voice)

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      Rikako Aikawa

      Nobue Kakimoto (voice)

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      Shinya Fukumatsu

      (voice)

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      Kumiko Izumi

      (voice)

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      Eiji Miyashita

      (voice)

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      Mitsuo Iwata

      Yasushi Tsumura (voice)

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      Shinichiro Ohta

      (voice)

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      Akiko Kawase

      (voice)

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      Anri Katsu

      (voice)

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      Kozo Mito

      (voice)

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      Keiichiro Endo

      (voice)

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      Katsunori Kobayashi

      (voice)

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      Hiroshi Mizuguchi

      (voice)

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      Yuu Asano

      (voice)

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      Masayori Hayashi

      (voice)

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      Masami Takayama

      (voice)

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      Yoko Yabe

      (voice)

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      Asami Anami

      (voice)

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      Miho Homma

      (voice)

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      Seiko Ueda

      (voice)

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      Daisuke Sakaguchi

      Kei Himuro (voice) (uncredited)

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    A review by The Movie Diorama

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    Written by The Movie Diorama on Thu Jan 16 2020
    Paprika sprinkles its spicy originality across a sprawling vibrant fever dream. Dreams are windows to the imaginative capacity of the subconscious. Manipulating memories to fabricate worlds unbounded by the physical laws of reality. An endless wave of colours and possibilities, requiring no legitimacy for their existence. In psychology, dreams are a method for interrogating the mentality of its subject. Recurring nightmares could be a sign of stress-induced anxiety, fear or mental disorders. The late Satoshi Kon, in what was his last full feature, harnessed the concept of Tsutsui’s novel and ch...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    946590.00

    Keywords

    • research
    • japan
    • dreams
    • based on novel or book
    • procession
    • psychoanalysis
    • mad scientist
    • dream girl
    • parallel world
    • adult animation
    • dream world
    • anime
    • avant garde