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Dolls (2002)

Dolls poster
Original title
ドールズ
Directed by
Takeshi Kitano
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
12
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 363 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film follows three separate stories about love and loss. Each tale shows characters bound by devotion and fate, often with painful consequences.

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What happens

Dolls (Japanese: ドールズ, Hepburn: Dōruzu) is a 2002 Japanese film written, edited and directed by Japanese director Takeshi Kitano. A highly stylized art film, Dolls is part of Kitano's non-crime film oeuvre, like 1991's A Scene at the Sea, and unlike most of his other films, he does not act in it. The film has been praised for its cinematography (Katsumi Yanagishima) and features costumes by Yohji Yamamoto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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