jionblonstein-32806 If you are a sensitive, emphatic person, you might love this movie. It creates this most real and delightful moments, where you cry and laugh at the same time. Very rare and full of emotional, human depth. Not for people who think in Dual-code, but for those with quanta-think-ability. Its the energy of the movie, which catches me the most and i can not exactly explain why. For me this is Kitanos best movie. I thought, that the purple leaves are not real, but when i went to Japan, i discovered, that they are even more beautiful in reality. The deeper Topic of the movie is Choice and Destiny... Do we have a choice or are we just Dolls in the Hands of a higher Being, or maybe both at the same time..?

Tim Kidner Told through a mixture of old Japanese culture and contemporary film- making, the three separate love stories overlap and interweave cleverly but subtly, too.Without any sullying from saccharine sweetness or melancholy, all three tales strain the credibility of what we would normally think a person's love for another would go to. But, that's the beauty - this is a dream- felt movie, exaggerating hardship and our emotions to emphasise that extraordinary bond that love can be.It's all interconnected by symbolisms and the extraordinary cinematography of Katsumi Yanagijima has us shimmering and floating in rose gardens, amongst autumnal leaves and under cherry-tree blossom. It is here that we take breath and sigh, after the often difficult human journeys we've just seen the characters go through. We cannot help but feel that we have journeyed with them - and perhaps suffered too.To me, it's the first story of the jilted bride who's rejection sends her insane and the subsequent redemption and dedication from her boyfriend to the extent that they become homeless that it the most moving. Their story united the other two stories and adds symbolism at the end. The tale of the ageing Yakuza who finally feels that he needs more than his violent lifestyle to exist as a human being and the fanaticism for a young pop singer also paint vivid pictures on Japan's social and cultural agenda.It did remind me of south Korea's 'Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter...' in that often idyllic and contemplative gestures and activities are interspersed with morally questioning random acts that leave cavities in people's lives and the atonement needed to rectify them; or at least to try to, in a soul-satisfying way.

crazymonkeyparade The first five minutes of "Dolls" had me at odds with the film, and very close to turning it off. But the first five minutes are extremely important, and as the movie went on I liked it more. I will have you know that there is no happy ending in this movie, and the final scene made me sick to my stomach with sorrow. But it is truly a moving film, that will have you thinking about the dimensions of love and what it has become in today's society. In most romantic dramas, there is usually sex, but not so in this, which made me want to applaud the director for showing the depths of love without the physical part. There is also very little dialogue, so you MUST pay attention to the screen. Overall, it is a bittersweet study of six individuals all coping with lost love in one way or another. Bravo.

megumigl I've seen the movie Dolls. It's from Japan and directed by Takeshi Kitano. This movie has three different stories about unrequited love. The first story is about a young man named Matsumoto; he's supposed to get married to his new girlfriend. Horrible news happened on his wedding day: his ex-girlfriend went insane after a drug overdose an was sent to a psychiatric ward. That made me feel upset when Matsumoto and Sawako took a walk on memory lane. Third segment was about Hiro, the Yakuza mob boss. His childhood wasn't unsure to reunite with his former lover Ryoko, the girl at the park. Finally, there was Haruna Yamaguchi; a pop star who confronts her past after a tragic accident left her face disfigured. Her number one fan named Nukui needed to help that desperate situation that ruined her career.See what I mean, all three stories were somewhat great but sad throughout the movie.