Dolls (2002)

7.5/10 • 114 min • Drama Romance

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.

Cast

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

Ren Osugi

Haruna's Manager

Koji Kiryu

Yakuza

Kyoko Yoshizawa

Haruna's Mother

Midori Kanazawa

Matsumoto's Mother

Shogo Shimizu

Matsumoto's Father

Moro Morooka

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