---
title: 'Paprika (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Satoshi Kon'
released: '2006-09-02'
runtime_minutes: 90
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/paprika-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0851578/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Paprika (2006)

2006 · R · 90 min · Science Fiction, Thriller · Japan

Original title: パプリカ

## Synopsis

Paprika  is a 2006 Japanese animated surrealist 
science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon, who co-wrote the screenplay with Seishi Minakami.. It is based on the 1993 novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui. The Japanese voice cast stars Megumi Hayashibara, Tōru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tōru Furuya, Akio Otsuka, Koichi Yamadera, and Hideyuki Tanaka. The film follows a battle between an unknown "dream terrorist" who causes nightmares by stealing a device that allows others to share their dreams, the research psychologist Dr. Atsuko Chiba, and a personality named Paprika—a dream detective who shares Atsuko's mind.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Satoshi Kon](https://cinepixo.com/people/satoshi-kon)
- **Screenplay:** [Satoshi Kon](https://cinepixo.com/people/satoshi-kon), [Seishi Minakami](https://cinepixo.com/people/seishi-minakami)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Susumu Hirasawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/susumu-hirasawa)
- **Producer:** [Jungo Maruta](https://cinepixo.com/people/jungo-maruta)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michiya Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/michiya-kato)
- **Editor:** [Takeshi Seyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-seyama)

## Cast

- [Satoshi Kon](https://cinepixo.com/people/satoshi-kon)
- [Mitsuo Iwata](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuo-iwata)
- [Kōichi Yamadera](https://cinepixo.com/people/koichi-yamadera)
- [Akio Ōtsuka](https://cinepixo.com/people/akio-otsuka)
- [Tōru Emori](https://cinepixo.com/people/toru-emori)
- [Katsunosuke Hori](https://cinepixo.com/people/katsunosuke-hori)
- [Tōru Furuya](https://cinepixo.com/people/toru-furuya)
- [Yasutaka Tsutsui](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasutaka-tsutsui)
- [Rikako Aikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/rikako-aikawa)
- [Megumi Hayashibara](https://cinepixo.com/people/megumi-hayashibara)
- [Kumiko Izumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kumiko-izumi)
- [Eiji Miyashita](https://cinepixo.com/people/eiji-miyashita)
- [Hideyuki Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideyuki-tanaka)
- [Daisuke Sakaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/daisuke-sakaguchi)
- [Satomi Kōrogi](https://cinepixo.com/people/satomi-korogi)

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Official site: http://www.paprikamovie.com
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/paprika-2006
Film facts: Wikidata (Q578595); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.