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Air Doll

2009 · 116 min

A quiet, dreamlike fable that drifts between wonder and deep sadness, asking what it means to be alive.

Directed by
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Genres
Drama, Fantasy
Starring
Bae Doona, Arata Iura, Itsuji Itao
Tagline
A very "human" story.
Overview
A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.

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Directed by
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Genres
Drama, Fantasy
Starring
Bae Doona, Arata Iura, Itsuji Itao
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • loneliness
  • love
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour2
Realism4
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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