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Paprika / 2006

This is your brain on anime.

7.8 / 10 (2,828 votes)
15
90 minutes
DIRECTOR Satoshi Kon
WRITERS Satoshi Kon, Seishi Minakami
CAST Megumi Hayashibara, Tohru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Toru Furuya, Akio Otsuka, Koichi Yamadera, Hideyuki Tanaka, Satoshi Kon, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Satomi Korogi, Rikako Aikawa, Shinya Fukumatsu, Kumiko Izumi, Eiji Miyashita, Mitsuo Iwata
PRODUCTION Madhouse, Sony Pictures
ORIGINAL パプリカ
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REVIEW & SYNOPSIS

Sinopsis

Paprika adalah sebuah Science Fiction, Thriller, Animation yang dirilis pada tahun 2006. “This is your brain on anime.” Film ini disutradarai oleh Satoshi Kon dan dibintangi oleh Megumi Hayashibara, Tohru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Toru Furuya, Akio Otsuka.

Paprika menghadirkan cerita yang mendalam tentang perjuangan, konflik, dan resolusi yang memukau. Dengan alur yang terstruktur dengan baik, film ini berhasil membawa penonton dalam pengalaman sinematik yang tak terlupakan.

Dari segi teknis, Paprika menawarkan sinematografi yang memanjakan mata, tata suara yang imersif, serta akting yang meyakinkan dari para pemerannya.

Secara keseluruhan, Paprika adalah Science Fiction yang layak masuk dalam daftar tontonan Anda. Film ini tidak hanya menghibur tetapi juga memberikan pesan moral yang mendalam.

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COMMUNITY REVIEWS FROM TMDB

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The Movie Diorama 8/10
January 16, 2020

Paprika sprinkles its spicy originality across a sprawling vibrant fever dream. Dreams are windows to the imaginative capacity of the subconscious. Manipulating memories to fabricate worlds unbounded by the physical laws of reality. An endless wave of colours and possibilities, requiring no legitimacy for their existence. In psychology, dreams are a method for interrogating the mentality of its subject. Recurring nightmares could be a sign of stress-induced anxiety, fear or mental disorders. The late Satoshi Kon, in what was his last full feature, harnessed the concept of Tsutsui’s novel and challenged the limitations of Japanese animation once again. Paprika is...

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Alunauwie 8/10
January 1, 2026

Paprika explores a surreal world where dreams and reality collide after the dream-entering device DC Mini is stolen, unleashing chaos that erodes the boundaries between the two realms. Through striking visual contrasts—nightmarish logic, vibrant dream parades, and fractured reality—the film reveals buried trauma, guilt, and ego within each character. Ultimately, it presents dreams not as an escape, but as a mirror that forces humanity to confront what it hides deepest within. Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com) and (English version : uwiepuspita.com)

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