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Akio Ôtsuka, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Hideyuki Tanaka, Megumi Hayashibara, Mitsuo Iwata
A machine allows therapists to enter patients' dreams. When it's stolen, all hell breaks loose, and only a woman therapist (nicknamed "Paprika") seems able to stop it.
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Surreal, very surreal and wonderfully inventive. It kept me entertained throughout with its unpredictability and amazing visuals. This is a great film, even if you?re not into Anime/Manga etc
Really expected to like this. Perfect Blue was an absolute masterpiece and Paranoia Agent was fantastic at first. Unfortunately, this entire film is like the end of Paranoia Agent. It seems to say "The mind and dreams are unexplainable and random", fair enough, but that's no reas...( read more)
Visually inventive and beautifully constructed mind bender which tackles dream states' manipulation with technology. Largely comprehensible for Manga, it's let down by a flat ending.
An interesting concept, with some truly interesting visuals.
A sort of 'Wachowski brothers meet Alfred Hitchcock with some very Dali inspired Japanese anime.
Could have been a bit more cohesive story wise, but all in all an enjoyable little journey.
Paprika is a very imaginative anime movie with a stunning original storyline about a machine that allows therapists to invade people dreams. When it's stolen, the boundaries between reality and dreams start merging into one and it's left to one woman to stop it. The director Sato...( read more)
It was really awesome! highly reconmended to those who have seen hayao miyazaki's movies
The fact that this film is animation did not bother me in the least, this film would be great whether it was live action, animation, or whatever.This film was a mind blowing journey through the minds of its characters. If you like surreal films and you don't mind well done animat...( read more)
