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Paprika
Directed by Satoshi Kon
Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a research psychologist who uses a device called the DC Mini to enter her patients' dreams, wherein she adopts the alter-ego "Paprika". When the device is stolen, she must stop rogue elements from merging the dream and waking worlds. From TMDB
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Paprika is a 2006 animation science fiction thriller film, directed by Satoshi Kon, starring Megumi Hayashibara, Tohru Emori and Katsunosuke Hori.
- 179 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Lemmy, TMDB reviews, Mastodon
- posts span Jan 16, 2020 to Nov 3, 2026
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60 of 198 · most liked firstVery limited re-release of Satoshi Kon's "Paprika" movie in 4K in a few European cinemas (+ Australia) in April/May. Locations (click on "Show All") >> www.parkcircus.com/film/107021-...
neutral · AI labelView post →I got in an a fight w/ a film student in college when I showed him proof that Inception lifted scenes from Kon's Paprika & he still denied it. He then dared to say "well animation is easier so Inception is the superior film" and i saw red aha
positive · AI labelView post →"Paprika" is a very good movie!!!
positive · AI labelView post →I joined the boyz to talk about PAPRIKA, a regular movie that I love very much. Also @davidlsims.bsky.social made a good joke about skeets podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
positive · AI labelView post →Paprika is on Youtube.... Hard to even express how much this film has inspired me from when I first saw it.
positive · AI labelView post →Cobalt picks out one of Paprika's favorite films for their movie night. Paprika knows it by heart by now though, and had other plans for their night in... www.furaffinity.net/view/59135343/ #furry #furryart #oral #bunny #cow #nsfwart
neutral · AI labelView post →Paprika is on Netflix and I havnt seen it in years and WOW this film is mental
positive · AI labelView post →for my fellow film enthusiasts, the movie is apparently Paprika (1991)
neutral · AI labelView post →I went and saw Paprika in the movie theater for the first time and it cured my depression. You can only see Paprika’s freckles on a gigantic screen, and some transitions have more power being in a theater seat. I’ve watched it enough times that the dream speak makes sense. Love you Satoshi Kon.
positive · AI labelView post →also i finally gave Tokyo Godfathers a watch the other day and between it and Paprika, which i also adore, i really do think we lost a master of the medium when Satoshi Kon passed away. phenomenal movie.
positive · AI labelView post →There's just something comforting about the world's elite spontaneously exploding. I was expecting a terrible movie but, Predator 2 was aight. LMS was everything it was made out to be, that casting was perfection. Next Paprika watch, I'm gonna be high as a kite. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday
neutral · AI labelView post →If you haven't seen PAPRIKA, get in there RIGHT NOW. Here is the opening sequence. (ps film contains disturbing scenes, so probably not suitable for kids)
positive · AI labelView post →Man, Paprika is such a good movie. I understand why Christopher Nolan would want to steal it
positive · AI labelView post →It's crazy how I've never seen fetish art of Dr. Tokita from Paprika. Maybe the movie just isn't that popular
neutral · AI labelView post →The Simpsons dreams up a parody poster of Satoshi Kon's 2006 anime film Paprika!
neutral · AI labelView post →Perfect Blue screenshot redraw because I love this movie so much. I highly recommend it, btw. Same with Paprika. #art #perfectblue #anime
neutral · AI labelView post →ah, yes, my favorite characters from the film Paprika: generic anime girl and frightened japanese salaryman
neutral · AI labelView post →Join #FrightClub and post along Friday's double feature starting with Paprika (2006) at 10:00 PM ET. Available on Tubi. Then join us at 11:40 PM ET for Another Cabin in the Woods Movie (2024). Available on Tubi. This cabin has it all.
neutral · AI labelView post →I accidentally turned on parental controls for the in-flight movie for my 5 hour flight and I can't turn it off. I wanted to watch Paprika!!!!!
positive · AI labelView post →I finally got to watch these two movie and omg they were both very good. I think Tokyo Godfathers was my favorite but the visuals in Paprika were beautiful too!
positive · AI labelView post →Really amazing line-up at the Sci-Phi Film Festival just north of Philly! Only got to see Paprika and Terminator 2, but that alone was a rad experience!
positive · AI labelView post →Really, really loved seeing Paprika at this film festival except for the guy who "introduced" it by reading from Wikipedia (he even showed us his phone screen) and saying his friend got him to watch it by saying it's like Inception and then he just talked a bunch about Inception
positive · AI labelView post →10 Favorite Animated Features: (No order, limited to one film from a studio to make it harder for me otherwise there’d be more Ghibli XD) Secret of NIMH Spirited Away The Prince of Egypt Treasure Planet Paranorman Paprika Turning Red The Last Unicorn A Goofy Movie Into the Spider-verse
neutral · AI labelView post →10 Favorite Animated Features Princess Mononoke (1997) Spirited Away (2001) Prince of Egypt (1998) Paprika (2006) The Return of the King (1980) A Bug's Life (1998) Sailor Moon S The Movie (1994) Pom Poko (1994) The Emperor's New Groove (2000) Digimon: The Movie (2000)
neutral · AI labelView post →Anything interesting in that movie was ripped off from PAPRIKA
positive · AI labelView post →You ever think about how satoshi kon did this movie, followed it up with millennium actress, Tokyo godfathers, and then fucking Paprika? This guy was on an all-time run
positive · AI labelView post →Some really detailed storyboards from Satoshi Kon's final film, Paprika (2006). These are not pretty just for pretty sake; I've learnt in recent years that Kon blow up some of these boards for use as layouts, which makes good sense. Explore more in my book review - halcyonrealms.com/books/paprik...
neutral · AI labelView post →[RECIPE] Movie night (Whisky Galore, 1949) with Haggis, Paprika and Mint Pakora. I guess this is my convenient, handheld Burns Night go-to when I’m not in the mood for obligatory neeps and tatties. More details on my Instagram page.
neutral · AI labelView post →We do movie nights in the VGBees Discord! Usually they're on Saturday but this week we're doing it on Friday at 6pm ET. It's Paprika! 2006's wonderful animated film that may or may not be the basis of the film Inception. It is also much better than Inception. Anyway! discord.gg/vgbees
neutral · AI labelView post →I played matchmaker and brought together Picturehouse and Gollancz for this special screening + discussion event to mark both the 20th anniversary of Satoshi Kon's PAPRIKA *and* the publication of a new translation of Yasutaka Tsutsui's original novel. 🎟️🎟️ www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
neutral · AI labelView post →#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #films2025 #films #movies 🎥📽️🎬❤️ @letterboxd.social - Deep Red (1975), One Battle After Another (2025), Blood and Black Lace (1964), Paprika (2006)
neutral · AI labelView post →It's happening. Now seated for Paprika #Filmsky 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →watched Paprika again for the first time in a long time and boyyyy Atsuko sure is a plural icon huh me identifying so strongly with these characters should have been a clue...
positive · AI labelView post →for those who didn't read the article, let me summarize: 1. Andrei Rublev 2. Rear Window 3. Goodfellas 4. Big Trouble in Little China 5. Eraserhead 6. House of Flying Daggers 7. Paprika 8. Revue Starlight: The Movie 9. Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) 10. The Last Temptation of Christ 11. Oldboy 12. Fargo
neutral · AI labelView post →just watched “Paprika” (2006), a movie that dares to ask “what if the Holy Guardian Angel sought Knowledge and Conversation of YOU?”
positive · AI labelView post →Paprika (rewatch) I wanna say it's my second favorite Satoshi Kon movie after Perfect Blue (bold and original opinion). Love its portrayal of dreams and how its surrealness and animation compliment each other.
positive · AI labelView post →Behold! The very first Athenaeum jam piece by @tilliewalden and @hirosemary.bsky.social ! I am blown away. The commissioner gave them the film Paprika as a subject. We make magic happen here at Athenaeum!
neutral · AI labelView post →I hated that movie so much. They had a great cast and all the money in the world and they did nothing with it. People should just watch Paprika which is the movie that inspired it
positive · AI labelView post →Just started crying after seeing Paprika in the theater, god what a beautiful film
positive · AI labelView post →Paprika Steen in Thomas Vinterberg's Dogme 95 film "The Celebration" - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →Satoshi Kon could make both Perfect Blue, Paprika, and Tokyo Godfathers. Daren Aranofsky could never do that third movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Scenes of Tokita Kosaku and Dr. Morio Osanai's inflation from the movie "Paprika"
neutral · AI labelView post →Ooh, watched the Paprika movie. It's as Satoshi Kon as it gets!
positive · AI labelView post →I just had a terrible idea that involved mashing Paprika, Akira, and Evangelion together into a single movie. Wow what is wrong with me (don’t answer that).
neutral · AI labelView post →Paprika is such a cool movie, I wish dreams were real
positive · AI labelView post →Movie years project Year 2006 (101/122) Now Watching 📽️ #8/10 Paprika dir. Satoshi Kon rec'd by many
positive · AI labelView post →name your fav visually beautiful film Satoshi Kon's 'Paprika' (2006)
neutral · AI labelView post →What's your favorite movie from every decade in your life? 00s: Paprika 10s: Hereditary 20s: Beau is Afraid
positive · AI labelView post →Paprika is also a phenomenal movie, it's true.
positive · AI labelView post →And this isn't an invitation to tell me Paprika is the better movie or whatever, so save it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Last night's film was Paprika. It's a truth universally acknowledged that watching one Satoshi Kon film begets watching the other 3. Paprika is my favourite, and I long to make a game with its themes. Nolan never said this, but I'm sure there's some Paprika in Inception, which I also really loved.
positive · AI labelView post →Decided to draw my favourite character from the movie Paprika! #art #Paprika
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched Paprika for the first time I enjoyed it, but what a wild movie that was
positive · AI labelView post →So, uhhh, the misogyny and fat jokes in Paprika (2007) surely did not age well but it's still a movie I enjoy overall and it was magical when I was in art school. Now for another movie that's "magical" and has a lot of problems: Resident Evil (2002).
neutral · AI labelView post →My partner, on reaching the end credits of Paprika (2006): “Now I know why no one could explain what the movie was about”
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Dreamscape last night, which clearly had a big influence on Tarsim when he directed The Cell (love that movie) although Dreamscape also has a Cold War/CIA plot going. Big fan of movies that take place in the mind, like Paprika for example. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamsc...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watch Paprika. Do it. This film is fantastic! (And that’s just putting it lightly.❤️)
positive · AI labelView post →Showed my partner the movie Paprika
neutral · AI labelView post →Now Watching: PAPRIKA (2006) - the fifth film of the Sci-Phi Film Fest at Hiway Theater with the @moviejawn.com crew
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay, I've somewhat mentally healed since last night, and in the meantime, I watched Paprika. Paprika's a psychological thriller anime film, and Satoshi Kon's last work before his death in 2010. Just like his other films, this one is a masterpiece.
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