Dolls
movie

Three stories of never-ending love.
Released October 12, 2002
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
as
Sawako

Hidetoshi Nishijima
as
Matsumoto

Tatsuya Mihashi
as
Hiro

Chieko Matsubara
as
Ryoko

Kyoko Fukada
as
Haruna Yamaguchi
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Tsutomu Takeshige
as
Nukui

Kayoko Kishimoto
as
Haruna's Aunt

Nao Omori
as
Matsumoto's Colleague

Kanji Tsuda
as
Young Hiro

Yuko Daike
as
Young Ryoko

Ren Osugi
as
Haruna's Manager

Koji Kiryu
as
Yakuza
Crew

Takeshi Kitano
as
Editor
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Senji Horiuchi
as
Sound Designer

Takeshi Kitano
as
Director

Yohji Yamamoto
as
Costume Design
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Norihiro Isoda
as
Production Design

Katsumi Yanagijima
as
Director of Photography

Joe Hisaishi
as
Original Music Composer

Takeshi Kitano
as
Screenplay
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Takio Yoshida
as
Producer

Masayuki Mori
as
Producer
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Akihiko Okase
as
Foley
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Tatsuo Ozeki
as
Set Decoration