# Paprika (2006)

> A stolen dream-recording device unleashes a dazzling psychic crisis where scientific ambition, buried fears, and cinematic fantasy collide.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/2859

## Facts

- Runtime: 90 min
- Genres: Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Director: Satoshi Kon
- Cast: Megumi Hayashibara, Tohru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Toru Furuya, Akio Otsuka, Koichi Yamadera, Hideyuki Tanaka, Satoshi Kon
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0851578/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: labyrinthine
- Violence: mild
- Mood: surreal, eerie, playful, late night viewing, mind bending movie night

## Synopsis

Dive into a surreal journey where dreams and reality intertwine in a chaotic battle for the mind.

## Movies like Paprika

- [Akira (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/117)
- [Patlabor: The Movie (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/8628)
- [Perfect Blue (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/5571)
- [Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (2005)](https://ember.film/movie/11368)
- [Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (2006)](https://ember.film/movie/74010)
- [Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Saigo no Ningen (2023)](https://ember.film/movie/1071029)
- [Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)](https://ember.film/movie/8284)
- [The Red Spectacles (1987)](https://ember.film/movie/18725)
- [Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone (2014)](https://ember.film/movie/165845)
- [Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain (2013)](https://ember.film/movie/115241)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt