Atsuko is a psychiatrist who uses advanced technology to study the human mind, developing a machine that will allow her to enter the dreams of her patients and study their psyches from the inside. Atsuko also doubles as Paprika, a high-tech detective who uses this new innovation to find truth behind the people she's trailing. However, Atsuko falls victim to a thief that steals the one-of-a-kind machine, and Paprika sets out to find it as a wave of psychological instability tears through the city.

Paprika

Director: Satoshi Kon

Screenplay: Yasutaka Tsutsui, Seishi Minakami, Satoshi Kon

Genre: Science/ Suspense/ Animation

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Release Date: 2006.9.12

Runtime: 90 min.

was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Kushiro, Hokkaidō, and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). His films focus on the synergy of dreams and reality and have won numerous awards in Japan and abroad.

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The 4^th China Independent Animation Film Forum