Dolls

Name: Dolls
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: December 10, 2004
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kyôko Fukada, Miho Kanno, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tsutomu Takeshige

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Palm Pictures | Release Date: December 10, 2004

Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kyôko Fukada, Miho Kanno, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tsutomu Takeshige

Summary: Three contemporary stories inspired by the everlasting emotions expressed by the precious dolls of Bunraku theater. Three stories delicately intertwined by the beauty of sadness. Three stories of undying love. (Palm Pictures)

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Runtime: 114 min

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

The overall mood is stately and melancholy, the selective use of color is ravishing, and some of the natural views are breathtaking. Read full review

Darrin Keene

The cinematography is stunning, particularly where Matsumoto and Sawoko walk through the four seasons of life. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Colorful and sweeping. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Lush and poetic, Dolls proves once again that Kitano is one of the world's most original filmmakers. Read full review

Stephen Holden

With some staggeringly beautiful photography of cherry blossoms and scarlet autumn leaves, Dolls is so enthralled with its own cinematography that it can't bear to edit itself, and during the autumn and winter segments of the bound beggars' journey, it almost reaches a standstill. Read full review

Robert Dominguez

Rife with beautiful imagery and loads of symbolism, though none of the stories is particularly compelling on its own. Read full review

Richard James Havis

Dolls soon becomes overloaded with symbolism, and consequently suffocates the audience. Read full review

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