
While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.


“Three stories of never-ending love.”
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.

Miho Kanno
Sawako

Hidetoshi Nishijima
Matsumoto

Tatsuya Mihashi
Hiro

Chieko Matsubara
Ryoko

Kyoko Fukada
Haruna Yamaguchi
Tsutomu Takeshige
Nukui

Kayoko Kishimoto
Haruna's Aunt

Nao Omori
Matsumoto's Colleague

Kanji Tsuda
Young Hiro

Yuko Daike
Young Ryoko
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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