Summary:
Three scientists at the Foundation for Psychiatric Research fail to secure a device they've invented, the D.C. Mini, which allows people to record and watch their dreams. A thief uses the device to enter people's minds, when awake, and distract them with their own dreams and those of others. Chaos ensues. The trio - Chiba, Tokita, and Shima - assisted by a police inspector and by a sprite named Paprika must try to identify the thief as they ward off the thief's attacks on their own psyches. Dreams, reality, and the movies merge, while characters question the limits of science and the wisdom of Big Brother.
| Runtime: | 90 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for violent and sexual images. |
| Production: | Madhouse |
| Genres: | Sci-Fi, Mystery, Animation |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Home Release Date: | Nov 27, 2007 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Satoshi Kon | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Satoshi Kon | Screenplay |
| Seishi Minakami | Screenplay |
| Yasutaka Tsutsui | Novel |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Katsunosuke Hori | Shima Tora-Taroh |
| Megumi Hayashibara | Paprika/Chiba Atsuko |
| Toru Emori | Inui Sei-Jiroh |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Akio Ôtsuka | Detective Kogawa Toshimi |
| Brian Beacock | Hajime Himuro/Kuga |
| Daisuke Sakaguchi | Himuro Kei |
| Hideyuki Tanaka | Guy |
| Kôichi Yamadera | Osanai Morio |
| Mitsuo Iwata | Tsumura Yasushi |
| Rikako Aikawa | Kakimoto Nobue |
| Satomi Koorogi | A Doll |
| Satoshi Kon | Jin-Nai |
| Shinichirô Ôta | Reporter |
| Tôru Furuya | Tokita Kohsaku |
| Yasutaka Tsutsui | Kuga |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Jungo Maruta | Executive Producer |
| Masao Takiyama | Executive Producer |
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