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.
Length 114 minutes
Miho Kanno | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Tatsuya Mihashi | Chieko Matsubara | Kyoko Fukada | Tsutomu Takeshige | Kayoko Kishimoto | Kanji Tsuda | Yûko Daike | Nao Ōmori | Moro Morooka | Ren Osugi | Kyoko Yoshizawa | Mari Nishio | Houchu Ohtsuka | Kazunari Aizawa | Shogo Shimizu | Midori Kanazawa | Shūhei Saga | Al Kitago | Koji Kiryu | Shimadayu Toyotake | Seisuke Tsurusawa | Minotaro Yoshida | Hawking Aoyama