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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: 1787 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 424 votes (sub:350, dub:53, raw:7, Spa.sub:4, Dut.sub:2, Fre.sub:2, Ger.dub:1, Rus.dub:1, ?:1, Rus.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Excellent: 589 votes (sub:463, dub:100, Spa.sub:6, Ger.dub:4, ?:4, raw:3, Ger.sub:2, Pol.sub:2, Ita.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Very good: 387 votes (sub:308, dub:55, Spa.sub:5, Rus.sub:4, Fre.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: 212 votes (sub:152, dub:46, 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: 64 votes (sub:52, dub:9, raw:1, Ita.dub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 So-so: 45 votes (sub:29, dub:11, Rus.sub:1, ?:1, Swe.sub: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, dub:1, Rus.sub: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 2522 users, rank: #225
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.335 (Very good+.33), std. dev.: 1.6893, rank: #246
Weighted mean: 8.337 (Very good+.33), rank: #203 (seen all: 8.34 / seen some: 7.70)
Bayesian estimate: 8.333 (Very good+.33), rank: #99
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])
2007-07-19 (Singapore)
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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Reviews:
    Paprika

DVD
    Paprika (DVD) 2007-11-27 (from $14.94)
    Paprika - BluRay (DVD) 2007-11-27 (from $24.99)
Universal Media Disc
    Paprika (UMD) 2008-07-22 (from $10.30)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director: Satoshi Kon
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

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)
Co-Producer: Satoki Toyota
Color design: Satoshi Hashimoto
Development: Masao Maruyama
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Taniguchi (Madhouse)
Akira Honma (Madhouse)
Miki Wasada (Madhouse)
Minami Yoshida (Madhouse)
Naoko Masui (Madhouse)
Yumi Fukumoto (Madhouse)
Yuri Yoshimura (Madhouse)
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
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.
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

Ethan Murray as Konakawa's Old Friend
English companies 

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 
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 

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

Portuguese companies 
(none)
 
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