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Paprika
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #98
- IMDb #99
- Google retired #137
- Rotten Tomatoes #130
- Metacritic #75
- Letterboxd #66
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #194
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #110
- Metacritic Critics #66
- Metacritic Audience #101
- Criticker #34
- Douban #14
- Kinopoisk #168
- AlloCiné #229
- Trakt #130
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When a machine that allows therapists to enter patients' dreams is stolen, a detective and a brilliant therapist must journey into the world of dreams to recover it. The thief uses the device to break down the barrier between dreams and reality, threatening to plunge the world into chaos.
Details
- Director
- Satoshi Kon
- Writers
- Satoshi Kon, Seishi Minakami
- Based on
- Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui
- Studio
- Madhouse, Sony Pictures
- Released
- 1 October 2006
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese, English
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $2.6M
- Box office
- $946.6K
- Awards
- 3 wins, 2 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 5 →3 wins from 5 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Venice Film Festival 2006 | Golden Lion (Best Film) | Satoshi Kon | Nominee |
| Fantasporto 2007 | Critics Choice Award (Prêmio da Crítica) | Satoshi Kon | Winner |
| Newport Beach Film Festival 2007 | Feature Film Award for Best Animation | Satoshi Kon | Winner |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards 2007 | Best Animated Film | Satoshi Kon | Nominee |
| Montréal Festival of New Cinema 2006 | Public's Choice Award | Satoshi Kon | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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5 awards — Paprika
×| Golden Lion (Best Film) | Satoshi Kon | Nominee |
| Critics Choice Award (Prêmio da Crítica) | Satoshi Kon | Winner |
| Public's Choice Award | Satoshi Kon | Winner |
| Feature Film Award for Best Animation | Satoshi Kon | Winner |
| Best Animated Film | Satoshi Kon | Nominee |