Dolls

Dolls

Three stories of never-ending love.

2002•1h 54m•7.5/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.5/10(359)

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.

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Production

TV Tokyo, Bandai Visual, Office Kitano, Tokyo FM

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

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

Nukui

Kayoko Kishimoto

Kayoko Kishimoto

Haruna's Aunt

Nao Omori

Nao Omori

Matsumoto's Colleague

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Young Hiro

Yuko Daike

Yuko Daike

Young Ryoko

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Haruna's Manager

Koji Kiryu

Koji Kiryu

Yakuza

Kyoko Yoshizawa

Kyoko Yoshizawa

Haruna's Mother

Midori Kanazawa

Midori Kanazawa

Matsumoto's Mother

Shimadayu Toyotake

Tayu

Seisuke Tsurusawa

Puppet Theater Shamisen Player

Minotaro Yoshida

Puppeteer of Umegawa the Courtesan

Shogo Shimizu

Shogo Shimizu

Matsumoto's Father

Kazunari Aizawa

The Young Minion

Moro Morooka

Moro Morooka

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