Air Doll (2009)
Kûki ningyô (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Unrated
- 2h 5min
- Drama, Fantasy
- 26 Sep 2009 (Japan)
- Movie
A life-size blow-up doll develops a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk.
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Awards:
- 1 win & 4 nominations.
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Cast
| Bae Doona | ... |
Nozomi
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Arata Iura | ... |
Junichi
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| Itsuji Itao | ... |
Hideo
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| Joe Odagiri | ... |
Air Doll Maker
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Sumiko Fuji | ... |
Widow
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Sei Andô |
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| Tasuku Emoto | ... |
Peep-tom Student
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Mari Hayashida |
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Mari Hoshino | ... |
Apple Woman
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Ryô Iwamatsu | ... |
Owner of Video Rental Shop
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| Tomomi Maruyama | ... |
Moe's father
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Miu Naraki | ... |
Moe
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Jyonmyon Pe |
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Masaya Takahashi | ... |
Ex-substitute Teacher
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Ryôsuke Takei | ... |
Strange Man
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| Susumu Terajima | ... |
Policeman
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| Takashi Yamanaka |
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Takashi Yamanaka |
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| Kimiko Yo | ... |
Receptionist
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Directed by
| Kore-eda Hirokazu | ... | (as Hirokazu Koreeda) |
Written by
| Yoshiie Goda | ... | (manga) |
| Kore-eda Hirokazu | ... | (screenplay) (as Hirokazu Koreeda) |
Produced by
| Kore-eda Hirokazu | ... | producer (as Hirokazu Koreeda) |
| Takeo Hisamatsu | ... | executive producer |
| Yoshihiro Kato | ... | associate producer |
| Kazumi Kawashiro | ... | executive producer |
| Yutaka Shigenobu | ... | executive producer |
| Hijiri Taguchi | ... | line producer |
| Masao Teshima | ... | executive producer |
| Toshirô Uratani | ... | producer (as Toshiro Uratani) |
Music by
| Katsuhiko Maeda | ... | (as World's End Girlfriend) |
Cinematography by
| Ping Bin Lee | ||
Editing by
| Kore-eda Hirokazu | ... | (as Hirokazu Koreeda) |
Casting By
| Yoshiko Arae | ||
Production Design by
| Yôhei Taneda | ... | (as Yohei Taneda) |
Art Direction by
| Masami Tanaka | ... | (assistant art director:) |
Costume Design by
| Sachiko Itô | ||
Makeup Department
| Katsuhiko Isami | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
Production Management
| Kenny Kusaka | ... | post-production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Tarô Nishiyama | ... | assistant director |
| Mami Sunada | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Tomomi Nishio | ... | set dresser |
Sound Department
| Yutaka Tsurumaki | ... | sound |
Special Effects by
| Tomoo Haraguchi | ... | mechanical doll-maker |
| Hiroshi Sagae | ... | sculptor |
Visual Effects by
| Hajime Matsumoto | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Eiji Oshita | ... | gaffer |
| Mikiya Takimoto | ... | still photographer |
Music Department
| Tsuguhiko Sasaki | ... | music supervisor |
Script and Continuity Department
| Miho Iizuka | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
| Miyuki Fukuma | ... | international sales |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Asmik Ace Entertainment (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Dekanalog (2022) (United States) (theatrical)
- Océan Films (2010) (France) (theatrical)
- RUSCICO (2010) (Russia) (theatrical)
- trigon-film (2009) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Edko Films (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
- Golem Distribución (2010) (Spain)
- The Criterion Channel (2022) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
- trigon-film (2010) (Switzerland) (DVD) (special edition)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Aoyagi Printing (filming cooperation)
- Choo-ku Minato 2-chome Chokai (filming cooperation)
- Crystal Yacht Club (filming cooperation)
- Flower Works Teppozu (filming cooperation)
- Future Revolution (filming cooperation)
- General Fudosan (filming cooperation)
- Haruei Unso (filming cooperation)
- Heiwa Mannequin (filming cooperation)
- JAM (filming cooperation)
- Kanda Sarugakucho Chokai (filming cooperation)
- Kitafuku Ando Shoten (filming cooperation)
- Meilleur (filming cooperation)
- Nishijima Insatsujo (filming cooperation)
- Oka Shoten (filming cooperation)
- Orient Industry (cooperation: love doll)
- Rental Video & DVD Avix (filming cooperation)
- Sekisho Masuya (filming cooperation)
- Shu Uemura (filming cooperation)
- Super Yamazaki (filming cooperation)
- Tecmopia Luxy (filming cooperation)
- Tokyo Fudosan Center (filming cooperation)
- Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (filming cooperation)
- Tsuchiya Shokai (cooperation: love doll)
- Tsukishima Nishinaka Kyoeikai Shotengai Shinko Kumiai (filming cooperation)
- VIP (II) (filming cooperation)
- Wakaba Dental Clinic (filming cooperation)
- Yamamoto Shoten (filming cooperation)
- Yokohama Vivre (filming cooperation)
- Yurikamome (filming cooperation)
Storyline
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A sex doll who is both a sexual companion and the recipient of her owner's all-around affection comes to life and becomes self aware. She begins to experience and experiment with life and has so many questions including many when she coincidentally walks into a video store and is hired by the shorthanded manager. She begins to experience and query birth, life and death. In the meantime, her owner is taking his time cluing in to his doll roaming around the city and having a life. Written by aghaemi |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Adapted from "Gouda's Philosophical Discourse: The Pneumatic Figure of a Girl'' (2000), a 20-page graphic short story by manga artist Yoshiie Gouda. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Cannes Film Festival 2009 (2009). See more » |
| Quotes |
Nozomi:
It seems life is constructed in a way that no one can fulfill it alone. Nozomi: Just as it's not enough for flowers to have pistils and stamens, an insect or a breeze must introduce a pistil to a stamen... Nozomi: Life contains its own absence, which only an other can fulfill... Nozomi: It seems the world is the summation of others and yet, we neither know nor are told that we will fulfill each other... Nozomi: We lead our scattered lives, perfectly unaware of each other... Nozomi: Or at times, allowed to find the other's presence disagreeable... Nozomi: Why is it that the world is constructed so loosely? See more » |