Paprika

Oct 1, 2006

1h 30m

★ 7.8

Dreams are being violated.

Overview

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.

Genres

Animation

Science Fiction

Thriller

Production Companies

Madhouse

Sony Pictures

Paprika Trailers

Cast

Paprika / Atsuko Chiba (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Seijiro Inui (voice)

Tohru Emori

Torataro Shima (voice)

Katsunosuke Hori

Kosaku Tokita (voice)

Toru Furuya

Toshimi Konakawa (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Morio Osanai (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Guy (voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka

Jinnai (voice)

Satoshi Kon

Kuga (voice)

Yasutaka Tsutsui

Japanese Doll (voice)

Satomi Korogi

Nobue Kakimoto (voice)

Rikako Aikawa

(voice)

Shinya Fukumatsu

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