Paprika (パプリカ, Papurika) is a 2006 Japanese animated science fiction film, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1993 novel of the same name, about a research psychologist who uses a device that permits therapists to help patients by entering their dreams.
The film was directed by Satoshi Kon, animated by Madhouse, and produced and distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. The film's score was composed by Susumu Hirasawa.
The soundtrack is significant for bei...
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Paprika (パプリカ, Papurika) is a 2006 Japanese animated science fiction film, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1993 novel of the same name, about a research psychologist who uses a device that permits therapists to help patients by entering their dreams.
The film was directed by Satoshi Kon, animated by Madhouse, and produced and distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. The film's score was composed by Susumu Hirasawa.
The soundtrack is significant for being the first film to use a Vocaloid and "Lola" was used for various tracks.
In the near future, a revolutionary new psychotherapy treatment called dream therapy has been invented. A device called the "DC Mini" allows the user to view people's dreams, exploring their subconscious thoughts. The head of the team working on this treatment, Doctor Atsuko Chiba, begins using the machine illegally to help psychiatric patients outside the research facility, using her alter-ego "Paprika", a persona she assumes in the dream world. The movie opens with...
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