Dolls
“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.
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Cast
30 people
Miho Kanno
Sawako
Known for
Sakuran
Tomie
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Matsumoto
Known for
The Wind Rises
Drive My Car
Tatsuya Mihashi
Hiro
Known for
High and Low
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Chieko Matsubara
Ryoko
Known for
Tokyo Drifter
Kyoko Fukada
Haruna Yamaguchi
Known for
Kamikaze Girls
Ring 2
Tsutomu Takeshige
Nukui
Also in
Zatoichi
The Vanished
Kayoko Kishimoto
Haruna's Aunt
Known for
Fireworks
Kikujiro
Nao Omori
Matsumoto's Colleague
Known for
Ichi the Killer
First Love
Kanji Tsuda
Young Hiro
Known for
Ju-on: The Grudge
Shin Godzilla
Yuko Daike
Young Ryoko
Known for
Ju-on: The Curse 2
Kikujiro
Ren Osugi
Haruna's Manager
Known for
Fireworks
Sonatine
Koji Kiryu
Yakuza
Known for
Bad City
Takeshi Kitano Director · Joe Hisaishi Composer Katsumi Yanagijima Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $5.4M · United States release December 10, 2004 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$5,405,725
Production
TV Tokyo
Production
Bandai Visual
Production
Office Kitano
Production
Tokyo FM
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ドールズ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 12, 2002
Theatrical
United States · December 10, 2004
Limited theatrical
Czechia
January 24, 2012 · Premiere · Eiga-Sai Film Festival
Germany
April 11, 2003 · Premiere · Nippon Connection Festival
October 30, 2003 · Theatrical
Italy
October 31, 2002 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 10, 2003 · Theatrical
February 26, 2004 · Physical · DVD
South Korea
October 24, 2003 · Theatrical
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