Questions tagged [paprika]

I really loved Paprika, but I ended up sort of confused by it. During the course of the film, the dreams break through into reality. My question is, was it just a mass hallucination, or was it real?

Paprika was originally a novel written by Yasutaka Tsutsui. Later, it was adapted as an animated film. Is there any difference between the novel and its animated film adaptation?

It really messed me up when Konakawa keeps seeing himself in dreams again and again and is haunted by his friends. I'm hoping that someone could explain me that segment about his dreams and his friend who gets killed. What does it exactly mean? Is…