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Ghibliotheque presents: Paprika

+ intro by Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham

From visionary director Satoshi Kon, this mind-bending animated sci-fi thriller journeys through the subconscious, as a terrorist steals an experimental device that allows the user to enter another person's dreams.

  • Director

    Satoshi Kon

  • With

    Megumi Hayashibara, Toro Furuya, Koichi Yamadera

  • Japan 2006. 90min

  • Certificate

    15

  • Language

    Japanese with English subtitles

To mark what would have been the 60th birthday of the influential Japanese director Satoshi Kon, who tragically passed away in 2010, creators of the Ghibliotheque podcast Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham present this special screening of Kon’s mind-bending sci-fi thriller.

A group of brilliant scientists have developed a form of psychotherapy with the invention of a machine which enables a person to enter another’s dreams. When the device is stolen by a “dream terrorist,” it is up to Atsuko Chiba, a scientist under the code name Paprika, to track down the apparatus and save the world from madness.

This special screening will be introduced by Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham, co-hosts of the podcast Ghibliotheque and co-authors of The Ghibliotheque Anime Movie Guide, which charts a path through the wildly creative and influential anime industry with 30 standout feature films, from Akira to Your Name. Following each screening, Jake and Michael will be selling and signing copies of the Ghibliotheque Anime Movie Guide and their previous book, Ghibliotheque: The Unofficial Guide to the Movies of Studio Ghibli.