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Dolls

Name: Dolls
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2002
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Chieko Matsubara, Kyoko Fukada

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.

2002 · Directed by Takeshi Kitano · 114 min · Drama · Romance · 17 frames

Tagline

Three stories of never-ending love.

Crew

Screenplay: Takeshi Kitano
Cinematography: Katsumi Yanagijima
Edited by: Takeshi Kitano, Yoshinori Ota
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Production design: Norihiro Isoda
Produced by: Takio Yoshida, Masayuki Mori

Cast

Miho Kanno as Sawako
Hidetoshi Nishijima as Matsumoto
Tatsuya Mihashi as Hiro
Chieko Matsubara as Ryoko
Kyoko Fukada as Haruna Yamaguchi
Tsutomu Takeshige as Nukui
Kayoko Kishimoto as Haruna's Aunt
Nao Omori as Matsumoto's Colleague
Kanji Tsuda as Young Hiro
Yuko Daike as Young Ryoko

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Studios: TV Tokyo, Bandai Visual, Office Kitano, Tokyo FM
Themes: new love, japan, regret, broken engagement, pop star, suicide attempt, allegory, yakuza, bunraku, murder

More by Takeshi Kitano

Broken Rage — 2024
Violent Cop — 1989
Takeshis' — 2005
A Scene at the Sea — 1991
Kids Return — 1996
Brother — 2000
Kikujiro — 1999
Outrage Coda — 2017
Outrage — 2010
Fireworks — 1997
Sonatine — 1993

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