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Paprika

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Director:

Satoshi Kon

Genres:

Manga | Sci-Fi | World Cinema

Languages:

English | German | Japanese

Reviews:

2 reviews

Based on the original futuristic story, Paprika was written by the great master of Japanese literature, Yasutaka Tsutsui, in 1993 and is the psychedelic story of a female detective who investigates criminal cases by entering the dreams of her subjects. With music composed by Susuma Hirasawa, who also wrote the soundtrack for KON's award-winning film, Millennium Actress, and equally lauded television series, Paranoia Agent. In the near future, a revolutionary new psychotherapy treatment called PT has been invented. Through a device called the "DC Mini" it is able to act as a "dream detective" to enter into people's dreams and explore their unconscious thoughts. Before the government can pass a bill authorizing the use of such advanced psychiatric technology, one of the prototypes is stolen. In the wrong hands, the potential misuse of the device could be devastating, allowing the user to completely annihilate a dreamer's personality while they are asleep. Renowned scientist, Dr. Atsuko Chiba, enters the dream world under her exotic alter-ego, Paprika, in an attempt to discover who is behind the plot to undermine the new invention.

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Demented, in a good way

Philip from Dublin, 25 Jul 2010

A great introduction this anime from Japan needs to be seen at least twice just to get a handle on what on earth is going on (it is clearly an influence on Inception). The plot is almost irrelevant - it has something to do with a device that allows dreams to be read - and even to come true - maybe - its never quite clear. But the animation and music are terrific and its visually quite spectacular.

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Whoa

David from Dublin, 11 May 2010

If you want an awesome, slightly psychedelic animated movie with fun characters, and a quite original plotline that takes everything up to a large scale in the climax... ...look no further.