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Dolls

Dolls

Three stories of never-ending love.

20027.51h 54m

Overview

Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's parents, who have insisted their son take part in an arranged marriage to his boss' daughter.

Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Written by Takeshi Kitano
Produced by Takio Yoshida, Masayuki Mori
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Top Cast

Miho Kanno

Miho Kanno

Sawako

Hidetoshi Nishijima

Hidetoshi Nishijima

Matsumoto

Tatsuya Mihashi

Tatsuya Mihashi

Hiro

Chieko Matsubara

Chieko Matsubara

Ryoko

Kyoko Fukada

Kyoko Fukada

Haruna Yamaguchi

T

Tsutomu Takeshige

Nukui

Kayoko Kishimoto

Kayoko Kishimoto

Haruna's Aunt

Nao Omori

Nao Omori

Matsumoto's Colleague

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Young Hiro

Yuko Daike

Yuko Daike

Young Ryoko

Themes & Keywords

new lovejapanregretbroken engagementpop starsuicide attemptallegoryyakuzabunrakumurdermultiple storylineseternal lovelong lost love

About Dolls

Dolls is a drama, romance film released in 2002 exploring themes of new love, japan, regret, broken engagement, pop star, suicide attempt. Directed by Takeshi Kitano, it stars Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi. Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's parents, who have insisted their son take part in an arranged marriage to his boss' daughter.

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