Chieko Matsubara, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kanji Tsuda
Dolls is a film of extraordinary beauty and tenderness from a filmmaker chiefly associated with grave mayhem and deadpan humor. That is to say, this is not one more Takeshi Kitano movie focused...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 8, 2005
Stats: 602 reviews
Takeshi Kitano brings us three stories about the decisions we make that affect our whole lives. The key element here is that we sometimes make the wrong decision due to emotions involved, not to mention pressure from others, and framed as a bunraku performance, Japan's national ...( read more)
Drags a bit in some parts, yet Kitano knows how to keep things simple and direct to the point.
I'll the risk gladly, but I'll say this: Dolls is one of the greatest cinematic achievements ever! Takeshi Kitano is one of the most talented and brilliant filmmakers alive! I've seen every one of his films and the truth is that there isn't a single one that isn't at least...( read more)
When I started to watch Dolls, in the first 10 minutes I wanted to close it down, was for me an odd movie and way too slow.But being a movie of Kitano I wanted to give it a try and as the movie went on I started to like it. There was no happy ending in this movie. But it was a mo...( read more)
Beautiful and tragic Kitano movie with seperate stories all involving heartbreak. A wonderful yet sad viewing experience.
You know usually I'm very open towards these kinds of films, what I mean by that is that I'm usually open when filmmakers try new things, to broaden their horizons, to just make a different film than what people are used to seeing from you. It's something that, I'm sure, filmmak...( read more)
Kitano's most harmonic and beautiful achievement about separated stories that deal with human beings and their deep psychology.
88/100
This is a film I really wanted to love, because I've got friends who do, and I thought I might, as I rather enjoyed Kitano's "Zatoichi" and would love to see some real Bunraku (a few minutes of which are shown at the beginning of the film.)
Well at least I can say I didn't dis...( read more)
El cine Asiatico en especial de este director es mi favorito
Matsumoto y Sawako habían sido una pareja feliz que parecía destinada al matrimonio, pero las anticuadas presiones de unos padres que se entrometieron en su vida y el éxito forzaron al joven a tomar una trágica decisió...( read more)
It's all as passionate, refined, and insistently sad as Bunraku puppetry itself. full review
Dolls isn't a film for everybody, especially the impatient, but Kitano does succeed, I think, in drawing us into his tempo and his world, and slowing us down into the sadness of his characters. full review
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