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.

In rural Japan, a mother and daughter attempt to reconnect after dealing with the loss of a loved on...

Dedicated and respected criminal psychiatrist Jake Morrison is trained to help individuals cope with...

Akira, Takeshi, Yasu, and Shun are a gang of four close friends, all of whom were core members of th...

At an isolated reform school, transfer student Itsuki joins a drama group—but when real murders mimi...

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, g...

Smilja is a little girl living in Dalmatian Zagora. One day, her mother dies under a small oak tree ...

A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the su...

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their J...

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author...

A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended und...

A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home a...

A mysterious exterminator falls in love with two women who live in a distinctive wine-producing regi...

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mot...

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version f...

Set in Inner Mongolia, a physical setback causes a young woman to choose a suitor who can take care ...

A teenager who is obsessed with gangster movies believes himself to be a real gangster after his fat...
A boy living in underdeveloped Welsh village hopes for a better time of his homeland when seeing the...

When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins f...