Dolls
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Dolls

Three stories of never-ending love.

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.

Drama
Romance

Why watch this

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.

Released October 12, 2002

Quick facts

Language
ja
Status
Released
Votes
360
Seasons
-

Top cast

The faces you are about to watch.

Miho Kanno

Miho Kanno

Sawako

Hidetoshi Nishijima

Hidetoshi Nishijima

Matsumoto

Tatsuya Mihashi

Tatsuya Mihashi

Hiro

Chieko Matsubara

Chieko Matsubara

Ryoko

Kyoko Fukada

Kyoko Fukada

Haruna Yamaguchi

Tsutomu Takeshige

Tsutomu Takeshige

Nukui

Kayoko Kishimoto

Kayoko Kishimoto

Haruna's Aunt

Nao Omori

Nao Omori

Matsumoto's Colleague

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