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Paprika (2006)

R ★ 7.8/10 90 min Science Fiction, Thriller, Animation Japan Japanese
Director: Satoshi Kon
Screenplay by: Satoshi Kon, Seishi Minakami
Novel: Yasutaka Tsutsui
Streaming: Not available
This is your brain on anime.

Description

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.

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Top Cast

Megumi Hayashibara
Megumi Hayashibara Paprika / Atsuko Chiba (voice)
Tohru Emori
Tohru Emori Seijiro Inui (voice)
Katsunosuke Hori
Katsunosuke Hori Torataro Shima (voice)
Toru Furuya
Toru Furuya Kosaku Tokita (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Akio Otsuka Toshimi Konakawa (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Koichi Yamadera Morio Osanai (voice)
Hideyuki Tanaka
Hideyuki Tanaka Guy (voice)
Satoshi Kon
Satoshi Kon Jinnai (voice)

Paprika Appears on 8 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #1818

Critic Curated

Indiewire's 65 Best Sci-Fi Movies Of The 21st Century
IndieWire #21
Paste Magazine The 100 Best Anime Movies
Paste Magazine #05
Rolling Stone - The 150 Greatest Science Fiction Movies
Rolling Stone #84

Filmmaker Curation

Baz Luhrmann's Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #43

Genre Curation

10 Scary Movies For People Who Dont Like Scary Movies by the Atlantic
The Atlantic #05

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 100: Animation
Letterboxd #69
Showdown Spellbound
Letterboxd Showdown #16

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