Dolls

Dolls

2002 · 114 min · JA · 7.6 (281 votes)
Dir. Takeshi Kitano · Starring Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Chieko Matsubara, Kyoko Fukada, Tsutomu Takeshige · Music Joe Hisaishi

Three stories of never-ending love.

DramaRomance

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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A visually arresting, deeply melancholic exploration of love's fragility. It feels like a beautiful, sad poem about regret and the enduring, often painful, nature of connection, told through exquisite, symbolic imagery.

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