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Dolls is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Takeshi Kitano released in USA on 5 september 2002 with Miho Kanno
Dolls (2002)
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Add to a movie listDolls (ドールズ, 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.
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The film features three primary sets of characters, each within their own distinct story:Actors
Miho Kanno
(Sawako)
Hidetoshi Nishijima
(Matsumoto)
Tatsuya Mihashi
(Hiro)
Kyōko Fukada
(Haruna Yamaguchi)
Chieko Matsubara
(Ryoko)
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