Paprika (2006) imagines Dr. Atsuko Chiba, a psychologist who uses a dream-interpreting device to enter patients' dreams under her alter ego Paprika. When the prototype DC Mini is stolen, the boundary between dream and reality dissolves as surreal imagery leaks into the waking world. Chiba and her colleagues race to restore order, confronting the subconscious forces that haunt both therapy and humanity itself.

Paprika (2006) imagines Dr. Atsuko Chiba, a psychologist who uses a dream-interpreting device to enter patients' dreams under her alter ego Paprika. When the prototype DC Mini is stolen, the boundary between dream and reality dissolves as surreal imagery leaks into the waking world. Chiba and her colleagues race to restore order, confronting the subconscious forces that haunt both therapy and humanity itself.