Director: Satoshi Kon
Scriptwriter: Seiki Shui/Satoshi Kon/Yasutaka Tsutsui
Starring: Emi Hayabara/Toru Eishoru/Yuke Horikatsu/Toru Furutani/Akio Otsuka
Genre: Sci-fi/Animation/Suspense/Thriller
Production country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Release Date: 2006-09-02(Venice Film Festival) / 2006-11-25(Japan)
Running time: 90 minutes
Synopsis of Red Pepper
In the near future, in order to treat the increasing number and more serious mental illnesses of modern humans, the Research Institute of Mental Medicine in Tokyo has developed a machine that can reflect other people’s dreams. With the help of the miniature DC, dreams are displayed on the monitor, making it easier to find the crux of a person’s anxiety.
One day, three miniature DC were stolen, and the dream of the related researchers was invaded one after another, and then seriously injured. Beauty doctor Chiba Atsuko another identity is the dream detective “Red pepper”, she can synchronize with patients to experience dreams. In order to prevent the thieves from using the miniature DC for further evil, she has to dive into the victim’s dream to find the terrorists, and a fight full of fantasy and thrilling begins…
The film entered the main competition at the 2006 Venice Film Festival and won the Critics’ Choice Award at the 2007 Portuguese Fantasy Film Festival and the Popular Choice Award at the 2006 Montreal Film Festival.