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Paprika (movie)

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©2006 Madhouse, Inc. and Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc.


Alternative title:
Paprika - Sognando un sogno (Italian)
Paprika: El reino de los sueños (Spanish)
Паприка (Russian)
بابريكا (Arabic)
パプリカ (Japanese)
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: In the near future, a revolutionary new psychotherapy treatment called PT has been invented. Through a device called the "DC Mini" it is able to act as a "dream detective" to enter into people's dreams and explore their unconscious thoughts. Before the government can pass a bill authorizing the use of such advanced psychiatric technology, one of the prototypes is stolen, sending the research facility into an uproar. In the wrong hands, the potential misuse of the device could be devastating, allowing the user to completely annihilate a dreamer's personality while they are asleep. Renowned scientist, Dr. Atsuko Chiba, enters the dream world under her exotic alter-ego, code name "PAPRIKA," in an attempt to discover who is behind the plot to undermine the new invention.
Video:
User Ratings: 1703 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 407 votes (sub:338, dub:49, raw:6, Spa.sub:4, Dut.sub:2, Fre.sub:2, Rus.dub:1, ?:1, Rus.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Fre.dub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Excellent: 557 votes (sub:439, dub:94, Spa.sub:6, Ger.dub:3, ?:3, raw:3, Ger.sub:2, Pol.sub:2, Rus.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Very good: 378 votes (sub:304, dub:51, Spa.sub:5, Fre.sub:3, Rus.sub:3, Spa.dub:3, raw:2, Ger.sub:2, Ita.sub:1, Fre.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Good: 198 votes (sub:141, dub:43, Ita.dub:2, ?:2, raw:2, Rus.sub:2, Dut.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, Swe.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Decent: 58 votes (sub:46, dub:9, raw:1, Ita.dub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 So-so: 39 votes (sub:28, dub:6, Rus.sub:1, Swe.sub:1, ?:1, Fre.sub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 21 votes (sub:13, dub:3, Spa.sub:2, Ita.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, raw:1)
 Weak: 17 votes (sub:11, ?:2, Fre.sub:2, dub:1, raw:1)
 Bad: 12 votes (sub:5, raw:2, Por.sub:2, Spa.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:4, raw:1)
 Worst ever: 11 votes (sub:9, Spa.sub:1, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2407 users, rank: #225
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.338 (Very good+.33), std. dev.: 1.6985, rank: #194
Weighted mean: 8.348 (Very good+.34), rank: #157 (seen all: 8.35 / seen some: 7.69)
Bayesian estimate: 8.343 (Very good+.34), rank: #90
Running time: 86 minutes
Vintage: 2006-08
Premiere date:
2006-09-02 ( Italy , Venice Film Festival )
2006-10-07 (United States, New York Film Festival)
2006-10-10 (Poland, 22. Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy)
2006-11-18 (Taiwan, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival)
2006-11-25 (Japan)
2006-12-06 (France)
2007-01-29 (Sweden, Gothenburg Film Festival)
2007-03-26 (Denmark)
2007-03-31 (Turkey, 26. International Istanbul Film Festival)
2007-05-17 (Germany, 8th Japanese Film Festival Hamburg)
2007-05-25 (Korea, Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival)
2007-05-25 (USA [limited release])
2007-09-22 (Finland, 20th Love and Anarchy Film Festival)
2007-11-04 (Argentina, festival de cine independiente, Mar del Plata)
2008-06-12 (USA TV Premiere - Starz Edge)
Releases: We have 5
Ending Theme:
"Byakkoya (白虎野)" by Susumu Hirasawa 
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 10
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Related releases:
    Paprika (DVD) 2007-11-27 (from $9.25)
    Paprika - BluRay (DVD) 2007-11-27 (from $23.49)
    Paprika (UMD) 2008-07-22 (from $8.36)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Satoshi Kon

Scenario:
Satoshi Kon
Seishi Minakami

Screenplay:
Satoshi Kon
Seishi Minakami

Music: Susumu Hirasawa

Original story: Yasutaka Tsutsui

Character Design: Masashi Ando

Art director: Nobutaka Ike

Animation director: Masashi Ando

Sound director: Masafumi Mima

Director of Photography: Michiya Katou

Executive producer:
Jungo Maruta
Masao Takiyama

A&R: Mika Hirano

Assistant Animation Director:
Ei Inoue
Michio Mihara
Toshiyuki Inoue

Background Art:
Akiko Okata
Eun Kyeong Ko (Dr Movie)
Jae Yeol Lee (Dr Movie)
Jong Gyu Jang (Dr Movie)
Junko Ina
Shinichi Uehara
Soon Cheul Choi (Dr Movie)
Sun Kyeong Lee (Dr Movie)
Sun Young Park (Dr Movie)
Tae Yong Sung (Dr Movie)

CG Design:
Ken Sasaki
Yuichi Ueno

Co-Producer: Satoki Toyota

Color design: Satoshi Hashimoto

Development: Masao Maruyama

Editing: Takeshi Seyama

In-Between Animation:
Akiko Taniguchi (Madhouse)
Akira Honma (Madhouse)
Miki Wasada (Madhouse)
Minami Yoshida (Madhouse)
Naoko Masui (Madhouse)
Yumi Fukumoto (Madhouse)
Yuri Yoshimura (Madhouse)

In-Between Check:
Akiko Ohshima
Sakiko Watanabe

Key Animation:
Bu Hee Lee
Byeong Goan Cho
Chong Nam Park
Ei Inoue
Gwang Sub Park
Hideki Hamasu
Hiroyuki Okiura
Hisashi Eguchi
Kenichi Konishi
Kumiko Kawana
Mi Ra Kwon
Michio Mihara
Michiyo Suzuki
Mitsunori Murata
Norimoto Togura
Se Hee Yi
Shinji Hashimoto
Takashi Kawaguchi
Tetsuya Kumatani
Toshiyuki Inoue
Un Soo Oh
Yasunori Miyazawa
Yea Sik Lim
Yoshikazu Honma
Yoshimi Itatsu

Photography:
Akiyuki Narai (Dr Tokyo)
Jin Yamaguchi (Dr Tokyo)
Tetsuya Nakai (Dr Tokyo)

Recording Adjustment: Kunio Ando (Aoi Studio)

Recording Assistant: Yuji Tagami (Aoi Studio)

Theme Song Arrangement: Susumu Hirasawa (ED,INS)

Theme Song Composition: Susumu Hirasawa (ED,INS)

Theme Song Lyrics: Susumu Hirasawa (ED,INS)

 

Megumi Hayashibara as Atsuko "Paprika" Chiba

Akio Ohtsuka as Toshimi Konakawa

Akiko Kawase as Waitress

Anri Katsu as Researcher

Daisuke Sakaguchi as Hajime Himuro

Eiji Miyashita as Institute member

Hideyuki Tanaka as HIM

Katsunosuke Hori as Dr. Torataro Shima

Kouichi Yamadera as Dr. Morio Osanai

Kouzou Mito as Pierrot

Kumiko Izumi as Announcer

Mitsuo Iwata as Yasushi Tsumura

Rikako Aikawa as Nobue Kakimoto

Satomi Koorogi as Japanese doll

Satoshi Kon as Mr. Jinnai

Shinichirou Ohta as Reporter

Shinya Fukumatsu as Magician

Tohru Furuya as Dr. Kosaku Tokita

Toru Emori as Dr. Seijiro Inui

Yasutaka Tsutsui as Mr. Kuga

Japanese companies 

Animation: Madhouse Studios

Background Art:
Dr. Movie
Hal Art

Digital Visual Effects: Cyclone Graphics inc

Music Production: Chaos Union

Photography: DR TOKYO

Photography COllaboration: Falcon Inc.

Producer:
Madhouse Studios
Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc.

Production: Sony Pictures

Recoding Studio: Studio Aoi

Sound Production: Techno Sound

English cast 
English staff 
(none)

Cindy Robinson as Dr. Atsuko Chiba/Paprika

George C. Cole as Detective Toshimi Konakawa

Brian Beacock as Hajime Himuro

David Lodge as Dr. Torataro Shima

Doug Erholtz as Dr. Morio Osanai

Michael Forest as Dr. Seijiro Inui

Yuri Lowenthal as Dr. Kosaku Tokita

Brian Beacock as Kuga

Ethan Murray as Konakawa's Old Friend

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Starz Edge
Super Channel

Licensed by: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment


French staff 
(none)
French cast 

Kelly Marot as Paprika

Laurence Dourlens as Dr Atsuko Chiba

Emmanuel Jacomy as Dr Morio Osanai

Vincent Violette as Dr Torataro Shima

Xavier Fagnon as Dr Kosaku Tokita

French companies 

Distributor:
Gaummont Columbia Tristar Films
Gaumont Columbia Tristar Films

Spanish staff 
Spanish companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Cinemax Latin America (Latin America)

Distributor: Sony Pictures Mexico (Mexico)

Spanish cast 

Rebeca Gómez as Paprika


German cast 
German staff 
(none)

Veronika A. Neugebauer as Atsuko "Paprika" Chiba

Gudo Hoegel as Toshimi Konakawa

Erich Ludwig as Kuga

Kai Taschner as Hajime Himuro

Manfred Erdmann as Seijiro Emori

Martin Halm as Dr. Kosaku Tokita

Philipp Brammer as Dr. Morio Osanai

Stefan Günther as Yasushi Tsumura

Ulrich Frank as Jinnai

German companies 

Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Dubbing: Scalamedia GmbH


Polish staff 
(none)
Polish companies 

Distributor: Imperial CinePix

Polish cast 
(none)
Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 
(none)
 

Antônio Moreno as Detective Toshimi Konakawa

Letícia Quinto as Dra. Atsuko Chiba/Paprika

Gileno Santoro as Dr. Torataro Shima

Wendel Bezerra as Dr. Kosaku Tokita

Samira Fernandes

Sérgio Corsetti

Portuguese companies 
(none)
 
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