Friday, April 20th - 9:30 pm - Oak Street Cinema   Director: Satoshi Kon   Brainy 29 year-old Dr. Atsuko Chiba is an attractive but modest Japanese psychotherapist, whose work is on the cutting edge of her field. Chiba’s alter ego, a dream detective known only as “Paprika,” in this surreal top anime hit, can enter into people’s dream and synchronize with their unconscious to uncover their hidden anxieties or neuroses.

Her colleague, Dr. Tokita, has invented the psychotherapy device, the DC-Mini, which will revolutionize the field of psychotherapy. The machine lets therapists enter patients’ dreams but when it’s stolen, all hell breaks loose, and only Paprika seems able to stop it. This delightful movie is bursting with ideas about Japanese repression, multiple identities, and collective dreams, creating another strikingly original film sensation.

Cast: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Furuya, Kôichi Yamadera, Katsunosuke Hori, Toru Emori, Akio

In Japanese with English subtitles, Japanese, 89 minutes, 2006, 35mm.

Watch the trailer here

Presented by: Pizza Luce