ID 1382434743 Paprika (2006) (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) (Steelbook Limited Edition) (Taiwan Version)
The word auteur was already being thrown around after Kon Satoshi's first film, Perfect Blue, in 1997, and in the ensuing ten years he made good on that promise. If in his next two films, Millennium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers, Kon sealed his status as one of the greatest anime directors, then Paprika confirmed once more that he was simply one of the most wildly imaginative filmmakers in Japanese cinema. With his fourth and final film, Kon offered his most mind-bending masterpiece. Unassuming Atsuko Chiba is a psychotherapist and dream detective. She conducts research with a cutting-edge device called DC-MINI that allows users to enter and manipulate people's dreams. As her dream alter ego Paprika, Atsuko becomes everything she isn't in the real world - young, exotic, fearless and strengthened with the ability to help the troubled minds she enters. When a DC-MINI prototype is stolen from the lab, however, the healing device becomes a dangerous weapon in the wro