“As a dream thriller about corporate sabotage, thievery, mistaken-identity, and idea construction it’s hard not to notice an influence on Christopher Nolan’s Inception. Whilst that film has its charms and thrills Paprika blows it out the park in approach to the fertile grounds of dreams and film theory.”
—Starburst Magazine

“Comes on like a mix between a vintage surrealist short and a state-of-the-art blockbuster.”
—Village Voice

Writer/director/artist Satoshi Kon (PERFECT BLUE) takes us into the shadow-world between dreams and reality in an inventive and beautiful phantasmagoria of a film. A classic of Japanese animation.