- For the 1987 film, see Dolls (1987 film). Dolls is a film directed by horror director Stuart Gordon and released in 1987 after Gordon's success with Re-Animator.
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| Directed by | Takeshi Kitano |
| Produced by | Masayuki Mori |
| Written by | Takeshi Kitano |
| Starring | Miho Kanno Hidetoshi Nishijima |
| Music by | Joe Hisaishi |
| Distributed by | Office Kitano |
| Release date(s) | 2002 |
| Running time | 114 min |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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Plot
The film features three primary sets of characters, each within their own distinct story:
- A young man (Matsumoto, played by Hidetoshi Nishijima) who rejects his engagement to his fiancée (Sawako, played by Miho Kanno) to marry the daughter of his company's president. is a Japanese Politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature is a Japanese actress and J-Pop singer Her nickname is Kanchan (菅ちゃん When his former fiancée attempts suicide, he takes her out of the hospital she is taken to and they run away.
- Another young man (Nukui, played by Tsutomu Takeshige), who is obsessed with the pop-star Haruna (played by Kyoko Fukada), and blinds himself when she is involved in a disfiguring car accident. is an Actress, model, and Singer. In Japan her name is sometimes contracted to the nickname Fukakyon.
- An aged yakuza (Hiro, played by Tatsuya Mihashi), who tries to meet the girlfriend from his youth (played by Chieko Matsubara). History Origins Despite their notoriety in modern Japan the precise origin of the Yakuza is still somewhat the subject of debate
These stories do have some incidental visual cross-over with each other in the film, but are mostly separate. The first story is the one the film centres around. The film leads into it by opening with a performance of Bunraku theatre, and closes with a shot of dolls from the same. also known as Ningyō jōruri (ja 人形浄瑠璃 is a form of traditional Japanese Puppet theater founded in Osaka in 1684 Because the rest of the film itself (as Kitano himself has said) can be treated as Bunraku in film form, the film is quite symbolic. "Symbolic" redirects here For other uses see Symbolism (disambiguation and Symbolic (disambiguation. In some cases, it is not clear whether a particular scene is meant to be taken literally. The film is also not in strict chronological order, but there is a strong visual emphasis on the changing of the seasons and the bonds of love over the progression of time (Matsumoto and Sawako spend most of the film physically connected by a red rope).
Reception
The film has positive scores in review aggregator websites. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film 75%, with 36 reviews. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. [1] Metacritic gives it 71 out of 100, with 16 reviews. Metacritic is a Website that collates reviews of music Albums games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and Books. [2]
References
- ^ Dolls. Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. Retrieved on 2008-04-05. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
- ^ Dolls. Metacritic. Metacritic is a Website that collates reviews of music Albums games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and Books. Retrieved on 2008-04-05. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
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