Paprika (2006 Film)

Paprika (2006 Film)

Paprika (パプリカ, Papurika?) is a 2006 Japanese animated film co-written and directed by Satoshi Kon, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1993 novel of the same name, about a research psychologist who uses a device that permits therapists to help patients by entering their dreams. It is Kon's fourth and final feature film before his death in 2010.

Kon and Seishi Minakami wrote the film's script, and Madhouse animated and produced the film alongside Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan), which distributed it in Japan. The film's score was composed by Susumu Hirasawa.

The soundtrack is significant for being the first film to use a Vocaloid and the "Lola" Vocaloid was used for various tracks.