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Paprika 2006

Directed by Satoshi Kon · 90 mins · 1,819 views

4.1 Letterboxd 4.10(651,466)
Ratings L K R J U • J L A S

Synopsis

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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Reviews (84)

  1. L
    Lena 8 月 26, 2026

    super cool mais hyper perturbant on se croirait vrm dans un rêve

    1
  2. K
    Karsten 8 月 25, 2026

    For as vibrant as this film is with its imagery this is dark as hell, which is something I suppose is a norm for Satoshi Kon’s work. He looks at animation in a different way than what I’m used to. Sure he understands the possibilities that come with the medium in terms of interesting character design and abstract locations. But he also understands the ways at which you can use surrealism in a more naturalistic way. For as confusing as this was at times it always felt intentional and, more than anything, realistic. I wouldn’t even say I was confused, I was just lost. But in a cool way, ya know? I think once I rewatch—because I’ve never been more positive that I missed most of the point—I’m sure I’ll love this even more.

    5,999 26
  3. R
    rai 8 月 25, 2026

    the soundtrack instantly gave me a serotonin boost

    3,983 2
  4. J
    James (Schaffrillas) 8 月 25, 2026

    Hmm…I definitely vibed with the animation, sound design, direction, editing, all that good stuff. But to me, this lacked the emotional investment needed for one of these kinds of intentionally confusing and disorienting films to work. Perfect Blue managed to be more overwhelming to the senses AND more emotionally impactful by perfectly getting you into its protagonist’s fractured headspace. This, by comparison, felt stretched in far too many directions for me to really connect with anything going on. I also don’t really get the Inception comparisons – yes, people invade other people’s dreams, but that’s sort of where the plot similiarities end. Inception may lack an emotional core to some extent, but it has the benefit of an enthralling clear-cut…

    4,252
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    Underground Opera Singer 8 月 25, 2026

    Was confused by what the blu ray box meant by ‘contains sexualised violence’ until he stuck his fist in her vagina and reached all the way up to her brain and pulled her skin off. unrelated, this is a fucking masterpiece

    8,178 26
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    •lily• 8 月 25, 2026

    Christopher nolan you have some explaining to do bitch

    5,123 4
  7. J
    Josh Dunston 8 月 25, 2026

    I sneezed during this film and got completely lost

    3,333 5
  8. L
    Logan Kenny 8 月 25, 2026

    impressive that they found a way to animate what a migraine feels like.

    3,314 18
  9. A
    aaron 8 月 25, 2026

    christopher nolan you are literally dust

    2,180 4
  10. S
    sarah squirm 8 月 25, 2026

    sometimes i feel like i was born on planet earth so i could watch cool movies like paprika !!!!!

    3,773 7
  11. I
    ian 8 月 25, 2026

    christopher nolan was found dead

    14,122 24
  12. J
    Josh Lewis 8 月 25, 2026

    “Don’t you think dreams and the internet are similar? They are both areas where the repressed conscious mind vents.” [35mm]

    4,289 3
  13. E
    Evasive 8 月 25, 2026

    she’s literally a manic pixie dream girl are you kidding me

    2,744 3
  14. K
    Kloupp 8 月 25, 2026

    Que película tan volada 💯💯

  15. A
    averagedonut 8 月 25, 2026

    this movie got better and weirder as it went by but was really cool overall

  16. Z
    Zeyneeeeeeep17 8 月 25, 2026

    Paprika filmi benim için izlerken hem çok ilginç hem de biraz garip hissettiren bir film oldu. Başta konusunu tam olarak anlayamasam da ilerledikçe filmin aslında sadece rüyalarla ilgili olmadığını, insan zihni ve bilinçaltı hakkında da çok şey anlattığını fark ettim. Gerçek ve rüyanın sürekli birbirine karışması bazen kafamı karıştırdı ama bence filmi güzel yapan şeylerden biri de buydu. Filmde en çok dikkatimi çeken şey, rüyaların bir teknoloji sayesinde kontrol edilebilir hâle gelmesi fikriydi. Normalde rüyalar sadece insanın kendi içinde yaşadığı…

    8
  17. M
    movieelo 8 月 25, 2026

    Très bien mais je préfère je pense plus Perfect Blue de Satoshi Kon

  18. G
    Greyson 8 月 25, 2026

    The giant poop baby really sold it to me but other than that it was a lot of confusing stuff for kinda no payoff

  19. A
    anshu_is_OK 8 月 25, 2026

    dream girl wallahi

  20. M
    mina 8 月 25, 2026

    “Why don’t you listen? You’re a part of me.” “Have you ever thought that maybe you are a part of me?”

    1
  21. S
    sarcasmEk 8 月 25, 2026

    I got de-realized while watching this, I swear

  22. M
    max 8 月 25, 2026

    When your magical dream oc helps you save the world

  23. M
    marcones 8 月 25, 2026

    genial

  24. ⋆
    ⋆°❀.Mary ⋆°❀. 8 月 25, 2026

    “Don’t you think dreams and the internet are similar? They’re both areas where the repressed conscious mind vents” Wow! What a film, I’m left kinda speechless, hopefully my next watch I’ll have more to add but I just wanted to say I really enjoyed this!! 🙂 “It’s hard to build a case against a dream.”

    20
  25. N
    notkarimooo 8 月 25, 2026

    amazing

  26. D
    danju_ 8 月 25, 2026

    la volví a ver

  27. T
    TONY SOPRANOS 8 月 25, 2026

    Before inception we had this masterpiece It’s believed that Christopher Nolan inspired his film * inception * from this film But with his touch on the film and some changes

  28. S
    shosirai 8 月 25, 2026

    LOTS OF SPOILERS AHEAD!!! This is genuinely an underrated masterpiece and I’ll try to make a short review but I know it won’t be possible. To start simply, this movie makes you question whether this was all a dream from the start. The reveal that the dreams and reality started to mix was pure genius, that doll that seemed so childish and at the same time so terrifying with that laugh makes you believe that they’re still stuck in a…

  29. K
    kemalamalam 8 月 25, 2026

    “lets make the woman who is the poster girl and the title of the film a side character and center the film around the mlae characters!”

  30. F
    fyninthebin 8 月 25, 2026

    Very very interesting film, will probably watch the film again in order to fully grasp it but I thought it was a good way of exploring the idea of the line between dreams and reality merging. A reoccurring thing was this idea that we don’t want a good dream to end, and I think that was also shown through the imagery of the internet and films, escapism through dreams and media. And then in the climax we see the reconciliation…

  31. T
    Tyler 8 月 25, 2026

    dozed too much in and out to give this a star rating but boy was i entranched. will need to revisit someday

  32. B
    Bruno Lucas 8 月 25, 2026

    Paprika

  33. B
    Botsame 8 月 25, 2026

    IM TWEAKING IM GEEKING

    1
  34. C
    camji___ 8 月 25, 2026

    Fat chud gets the girl😭✌🏾

  35. A
    anadceres 8 月 25, 2026

    El surrealismo cautiva por su misterio y no por su brillantez lógica

    1
  36. P
    Pau Lorenzo 8 月 25, 2026

    Que cojones acabo de ver

  37. N
    Normal guy 8 月 25, 2026

    اكثر الافلام الانميشن الي احب اتابعها من بعد ميزاكي، هي افلام ساتوشي الفكرة والرسم والموسيقى الي تعلك بالبال كلشي جان مضبوط ومصنوع بشكل تحفي صح نولان ماخذ فكرة منه بالفيلم مال انسبشن بس اختلاف جذري بين قصتين وشخصيات وحتى طريقة الاحلام

    2
  38. B
    Begoña Olaizola 8 月 25, 2026

    Un puñetero 5 estrellas a esta obrita maestra. Inception a su lado se queda muy cortita. No os cuento más, tenéis que verla y punto chicas.

  39. T
    toffamon 8 月 25, 2026

    I loved the movie so much!! I definitely want to rewatch it at some point since I wasnt fully paying attention but I really enjoyed it 🙂

  40. N
    Nicolás 8 月 25, 2026

    Cada obra de Satoshi Kon que veo me deja más confuso que la anterior, pero estoy convencido de que este puede ser el mejor director de animación de la historia. Paprika es una obra de los sueños, es una obra del cine y es una obra del amor. La animación y cinematografía de esta obra aplasta completamente cualquier otra obra animada que haya visto y podría estar en un top 10 y la banda sonora debe estar ahí arriba también…

  41. S
    snblogisths 8 月 25, 2026

    ti kai an h agaph kai ta oneira EINAI arketa????

    2 2
  42. L
    Lucaca15 8 月 25, 2026

    Magnifique visuellement et auditivement

  43. A
    Adrián Gálvez 8 月 25, 2026

    Un acierto seguro es entender este tipo de cine a todos los niveles. Y siempre hay la opción de revisitar para madurar las ideas previas.

  44. I
    itxxasoo 8 月 25, 2026

    Buuuu nolan buuu

  45. K
    Kirsten ⋆˚꩜。 8 月 25, 2026

    Confused, overwhelmed and obsessed

  46. C
    Cotecote 8 月 25, 2026

    no te culpo nolan

  47. M
    mircallares 8 月 25, 2026

    where exactly do dreams end and reality begin?

  48. S
    StaticShocck 8 月 25, 2026

    A film that truly captures the dream like quality of movies. Such an inventive and smart story. It feels like this was made by someone with much much more to say. Satoshi Kon’s loss is so incredibly sad. Being able to see all of his films up on the marquee in the final scene is the perfect punctuation to an all too short lived career.

    1
  49. A
    aqbek 8 月 25, 2026

    No way Christopher Nolan didn’t mentioned this

  50. B
    belekdix 8 月 25, 2026

    salah satu film anime yang relate di kehidupan gw🦅

  51. O
    Oliver JOW 8 月 25, 2026

    This makes interstellar feel like a straight line. Plot is like a double knotted shoelace. Genuinely lost me.

  52. T
    talia 8 月 25, 2026

    def worth ur time i loved it sm

  53. K
    KingCrusader391 8 月 25, 2026

    A beautiful, miraculous mindfuck. Up your’s Christopher Nolan.

  54. Y
    yopim 8 月 25, 2026

    หนังญี่ปุ่นก็ยังคงติดสายตาชายแทร่อยู่วันยังค่ำ แต่ภาพสวยจัด

  55. A
    Alfie Burbidge 8 月 25, 2026

    “is this reality? Or are we still in the dream..?” I don’t fucking know bro I’m way more fucking confused than you are 8.5/10

  56. K
    kayyè 8 月 25, 2026

    HOLY VISUALS!!!!!! now i want that machine what even. its so surreal and it makes me want to live in it as paprika. its so sinister and amusing not to mention confusing buh so worth it!!

  57. T
    trialntribulations 8 月 25, 2026

    I mean pretty fucking nuts. Christopher Nolan definetly watched this and was like let me take a crack at this concept. Everyone I’ve ever talked to about this movie claims that it’s better than Inception and to be honest the only thing comparable to the films is the core-concept and since they came up with it first, sure. But outside of the controversy this movie is beautiful and does a great job exploring gluttony and greed through so many of…

  58. B
    Billzr 8 月 25, 2026

    What if instead they dreamt Mohammed Salah won the 2024/25 ballon d’or.

  59. C
    Crecent 8 月 25, 2026

    看完想把金敏脑子偷走,我也想做出这样的分镜

  60. M
    Max Rako 8 月 25, 2026

    Definitely deserves a rewatch, way too complex to wrap my head around. I know I have seen it before but don’t know when, where, and how I watched it.

    2 1
  61. B
    betweenamovie 8 月 25, 2026

    Inception quedó en pañales

  62. D
    Daniel4538 8 月 25, 2026

    Really weird and interesting movie, visuals are amazing and the music is great. It was completely necessary for the plot that there be a naked woman, as is expected when I watch any anime.

  63. M
    mars_brnn 8 月 25, 2026

    I need a 2 hour long video essay about all the japanese societal issues that are adressed during the final parade because I saw like the references to the high number of suicide, the men taking picture up the girls’ skirts and some other stuff but there’s so much going on and I really need someone to point out every detail for me lol cause I’m too oblivious

  64. E
    Evan Kendal 8 月 25, 2026

    Weird if visually stunning anime.

  65. ❤
    ❤️‍🔥 8 月 25, 2026

    Christopher Nolan no sos nada No sos nadie

  66. 𓂀
    𓂀 8 月 25, 2026

    Un altro sogno lucido

    3
  67. T
    Tyler Kavayitoo 8 月 25, 2026

    Visual madness deserving to be seen. It is easy to get lost in such a crazy and colourful mayhem but it’s loaded with exciting originality, now I understand why they describe it as an ideological base for Inception script (even a bit more I would say). But don’t expect skipping another anime apocalyptical closing.

  68. M
    m_p30 8 月 25, 2026

    Sound track very cool and weird

  69. P
    pauli 8 月 25, 2026

    Me encantan los animes psicológicos

  70. P
    Patrick 8 月 25, 2026

    اشوف ان الاحلام والافلام متشابهه جدا كلها وسيله للهروب من الواقع والدخول لعالم ثاني الفيلم عبقري وما اشوف ابدا انه مبالغ في مدحه خصوصا انه من اخراج ساتوشي كون المخرج الي تميز باسلوبه السريالي وقدم شي مختلف بعالم الانمي الفيلم يتكلم عن اشياء كثير لكن اكثر فكره شدتني هي الهروب من الواقع هو مايقول الهروب غلط بالعكس يوضح ان الاحلام شي مهم ومحتاجينه كلنا لكن اذا عشت فيها اكثر من اللازم تبدا تضيع منك الحدود بين الحلم والواقع وتنسى الاشياء…

    1
  71. G
    Graci 8 月 25, 2026

    eu tive mtos sonhos doidos dps de ver esse filme

  72. C
    chooseajob 8 月 25, 2026

    inception if it was good

  73. B
    birbyloo 8 月 24, 2026

    Inception Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Millenium Actress Twin Peaks: the Return

  74. M
    moke 8 月 24, 2026

    I needed to be fully locked in for this and wasn’t so I take part of the blame in not fully appreciating this film.

  75. J
    Jota 8 月 24, 2026

    Locura de ciencia ficción que usa el mundo onírico para reflejar los limites de la conciencia donde el desarrollo se va creando entorno a una investigación criminal. Es algo densa por el mensaje que transmite pero también deja varios momentos muy originales y caóticos.

  76. C
    céline 8 月 24, 2026

    Il y a un petit côté matrix (99) et clairement ça a dû inspiré Inception (2010). J’ai pas toutes les réf japonaises et c’est dommage je pense.

  77. J
    Julia 8 月 24, 2026

    adam scott is everywhere for those with eyes enough to see

  78. P
    pipattl 8 月 23, 2026

    fever dream

  79. A
    abbie 8 月 22, 2026

    need a rewatch

  80. P
    perlee 𝄞 8 月 22, 2026

    não recomendo dormir depois de assistir, tive uns sonhos bizarros assim como no filme, que loucura caraa

  81. N
    Nicholas Rouley 8 月 20, 2026

    Stoked to have caught this one in the theater. Top tier anime and essential viewing.

    1
  82. N
    noe 8 月 10, 2026

    questo film rappresenta la notte di quando ho mangiato i cracker prima di andare a dormire senza bere un goccio d’acqua

  83. M
    Mother193 4 月 10, 2026

    Holy peak

  84. V
    vvvier 12 月 8, 2021

    am I on lsd?

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M Megumi Hayashibara Paprika / Atsuko Chiba (voice)
T Tohru Emori Seijiro Inui (voice)
K Katsunosuke Hori Torataro Shima (voice)
T Toru Furuya Kosaku Tokita (voice)
A Akio Otsuka Toshimi Konakawa (voice)
K Koichi Yamadera Morio Osanai (voice)
H Hideyuki Tanaka Guy (voice)
S Satoshi Kon Jinnai (voice)
Y Yasutaka Tsutsui Kuga (voice)
S Satomi Korogi Japanese Doll (voice)
R Rikako Aikawa Nobue Kakimoto (voice)
S Shinya Fukumatsu (voice)
K Kumiko Izumi (voice)
E Eiji Miyashita (voice)
M Mitsuo Iwata Yasushi Tsumura (voice)
S Shinichiro Ohta (voice)
A Akiko Kawase (voice)
A Anri Katsu (voice)
K Kozo Mito (voice)
K Keiichiro Endo (voice)
Director Satoshi Kon
Writer Satoshi Kon, Seishi Minakami
Producer Jungo Maruta, Masao Takiyama, Yukiko Ninokata, Taro Morishima
Executive Producer Jungo Maruta
Editor Takeshi Seyama, Yumi Jinguji
Original Music Susumu Hirasawa
Sound Masafumi Mima, Kunio Ando
Special Effects Keiko Itogawa
Art Direction Nobutaka Ike
Synopsis
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.
Director
Satoshi Kon
Writer
Satoshi Kon, Seishi Minakami
Studio
Madhouse, Sony Pictures
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese, English
Year
2006
Runtime
90 mins

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