Paprika (2006 film)
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| Directed by | Satoshi Kon |
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Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
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| Music by | Susumu Hirasawa |
| Cinematography | Michiya Katou |
| Edited by | Takeshi Seyama |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan |
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90 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $944,915 |
Paprika (Japanese: パプリカ Hepburn: Papurika?) is a 2006 Japanese animated science fiction film co-written and directed by Satoshi Kon, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1993 novel of the same name, about a research psychologist who uses a device that permits therapists to help patients by entering their dreams. It is Kon's fourth and final feature film before his death in 2010. The film stars the voices of Megumi Hayashibara, Tōru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tōru Furuya, Akio Ōtsuka, Kōichi Yamadera and Hideyuki Tanaka.
Kon and Seishi Minakami wrote the script, and Japanese animation studio Madhouse animated and produced the film alongside Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, which distributed it in Japan. The score was composed by Susumu Hirasawa.
In the near future, a revolutionary new psychotherapy treatment called dream therapy has been invented. A device called the "DC Mini" allows the user to view people's dreams. The head of the team working on this treatment, Doctor Atsuko Chiba, begins using the machine illegally to help psychiatric patients outside the research facility, using her alter-ego "Paprika", a sentient persona that she assumes in the dream world.
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