Paprika - Characters & Cast

To recover the DC Mini and maintain the order of the waking world while suppressing her own emotional vulnerabilities.

Atsuko begins as a rigid, emotionless scientist who denies her feelings for Tokita. Through her adventures as Paprika, she learns to embrace her emotions and integrates her playful side, eventually becoming a unified being who can save reality.

To solve a lingering homicide case and stop the anxiety attacks that plague his sleep.

Initially hates movies and suffers from a recurring nightmare. By the end of the film, he confronts the guilt of abandoned youthful dreams and finds peace by accepting his love for cinema, effectively curing his neurosis.

Pure scientific curiosity and the desire to expand the boundaries of human connection through dreams.

A brilliant inventor who lives like a child. He eventually realizes the danger of his unbridled creativity when his mind is consumed by his own creation, requiring Atsuko's love to pull him back.

To protect the "sacred sanctuary" of dreams by becoming its absolute ruler and destroying reality.

A wheelchair-bound man who despises modern technology. He seeks to use the DC Mini to merge with the dream world, becoming an all-powerful deity and gaining the mobility his physical body lacks.