Dolls

(Takeshi Kitano, Japan 2002, 114 min., 35mm, Japanese w/subtitles)

Takeshi Kitano. Takeshi Kitano strayed from his reliable gangster formula once again with Dolls, an exquisitely beautiful omnibus of three loosely connected, lyrical stories inspired by the everlasting emotions expressed by the precious dolls of Bunraku theater. Three stories delicately intertwined by the beauty of sadness. Three stories of undying love.