I think Red Hot Chili Peppers is a metaphor for the fact that in reality all humans are greedy. We've all heard of the famous movie Inception, which is amazing for the structural design of the 1, 2, 3, and 4 layers of a dream, but the storyline doesn't stand out. The movie Bianshao recommends today is also about the dream world and is called Paprika. On her way home from a home visit, psychiatrist Atsuko learns that the lab's psychiatric diagnostic and treatment equipment, the DCmini, has been stolen. It was the inventor of the DCmini who sent this message. Dr. Greedy Tech. Tokita is stuck in an elevator because he's too fat.
With Atsuko's help, he is rescued. Tokita creates a device that allows psychologists to directly enter and experience a visitor's dream to treat the symptoms. It can invade dreams and even disrupt people's minds. This is an epoch-making high-tech medical device. If used by bad people, it is a very dangerous criminal tool. In addition, more seriously, the three stolen DCmini's were prototypes, which meant that it could enter the dreams of all the other people who used the DCmini. They discussed countermeasures with the old director of the institute. As a result, the director of the institute was waiting for the rabbit in his office a long time ago, pointing out that science shouldn't be used to destroy sacred dreams, and that this device shouldn't have been invented a long time ago.
There was also a reference to the urban legend of Paprika, a young woman who used this device without permission. In fact, the real subject of the Red Hot Chili Pepper was Dr. Atsuko herself. But suddenly, the older director, who is still talking, starts dancing and jumping off the building with a cheer. Fortunately, there were trees to lift and he was not fatally injured. Until then, the director was in a dream and couldn't wake up. Atsuko and his colleagues realize that the director was trapped in a strange parade in his dream. Tokita speculates that he was experimentally hacked by a stolen device while using it for diagnosis and treatment. Later, he unknowingly realizes his dream. During the discussion, it is accidentally revealed that Tokita's assistant, Himuro, once appeared in the director's dreams.
Initially, the device is stolen and the possibility of insiders preventing the theft is very high. Atsuko immediately took Tokita and his colleague Kosanai to Hiromuro's place, but there was no sign of him. Atsuko finds a secret passage in a closet and goes in to find it. This secret passage leads to a robot theme park, where a doll used to appear in the director's dreams, luring Atsuko deeper and deeper.The theft of the DC is a reflection of the fact that, in real life, once profits are made and high tech tools are available, animals hidden in people's hearts get restless and want them. So I think Paprika is a metaphor for the fact that in reality humans are greedy.