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Dolls

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  • CountryJapan
  • Production Year2002
  • Running Time113min
Program Note
Takeshi Kitano’s films always contain intense energy hidden beneath their apparent tranquility and reticence. Sometimes that energy can be violence and, at other times, obsession. Dolls is a film about love that is controlled and restrained on the surface. The three love stories express the unique perspective of Takeshi Kitano on the meaning of love. In the film, Kitano explores ‘the violence of love’ that is expressed in the form of obsession. Obsessive love is violent. It dominates a person’s fate, and she or he can never escape from it. These stories of absolute and fatal love adopt the conventions of melodrama, but they are distinctively in ‘Takeshi Kitano style’. They deal with typically melodramatic elements such as ‘belated reunion’ and ‘death at the peak of happiness’. However, the way the characters declare their love and their obsession with love deviates from such typical generic elements. Furthermore, the extreme beauty of the landscapes of the four seasons in Japan is rather tragic - it emphasizes the insanity of obsession rather than the beauty of love, which is why the film is truly ironic. (Kim Ji-seok)
Director
Director
KITANO Takeshi
Born in Tokyo, 1947, Takeshi Kitano became involved in theater in the early 70s and under the pseudonym Beat Takeshi became one of Japan’s most famous comedians. He became famous in the West with a role in Nagisa Oshima’s Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence(1983). He made his directorial debut in 1989 with Violent Cop. His films include [Sonatine](1993), [Kids Return](1996), [Hana-Bi[(1997), [Kikujiro](1999) and the first film shot outside of his native Japan Brother in 2000. [Dolls] was the closing film for PIFF 2002, and his latest piece, [Zatoichi] won Special Director's Award, Silver Lion and People's Choice Award at the Toronto 2003.
Credit
  • Director
    KITANO Takeshi
  • ProducerMasayuki Mori
    Yoshida Takio
  • CastMiho Kanno
    Hidetoshi Nishijima
    Tatsuya Mihashi
    Chieko Matsubara
    Kyoko Fukada
  • ScreenplayTakeshi Kitano
  • CinematographyKatsumi Yanagishima
  • Production DesignNorihiro Isoda
  • EditorTakeshi Kitano
  • MusicJoe Hisaishi
  • Production CompanyOffice Kitano
    usui@office-kitano.co.jp
  • World SalesCelluloid Dreams
    pascale@celluloid-dreams.com
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7th (2002) Closing Film
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