Romance Doll

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Romance Doll

2020

2h 3m

Romance

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A man's secret profession as a love doll designer clashes with his wife's deeper, darker secret.

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Maggie Lee

Variety

Although its underlying attitudes about female sexuality might be problematic for female and feminist viewers, its suggestive subject matter (handled without offensive kinkiness) will set many an imaginative mind sprinting.

Jul 15, 2020

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Pieter-Jan Van Haecke

Psychocinematography

Yu Aoi and Issey Takahashi do not evade their responsibility and succeed in delivering one of the most moving relational metamorphoses of recent years.

Jan 9, 2021

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James Marsh

South China Morning Post

Although [the film's climax] is presented as a grand romantic gesture, the reality is decidedly more creepy.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 28, 2020

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Jonathon Wilson

Ready Steady Cut

Here, the presence of a sex doll is oddly sex-less, instead a cautionary tale of artisanal obsession that damages human connection. The problem with this novel premise is that the film takes far too long to do anything truly interesting with it.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 24, 2020

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Mark Schilling

Japan Times

[Yuki] Tanada, who wrote the script, uses her offbeat premise to examine fundamental human issues with insights sharp and compassionate, specific and poetic.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 23, 2020

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Chris P

The movie starts out as a romantic comedy that I found hilarious. By the time the movie ends, it has become a serious romantic drama. Somehow, the absurd idea of marrying someone who creates sex dolls seems okay by the end of the movie, but I'm not sure why?

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/14/23

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georgan g

A different kind of love story that's sweet & sad.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Yuki Tanada

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Yû Aoi

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Kenta Hamano

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Synopsis

A man's secret profession as a love doll designer clashes with his wife's deeper, darker secret.

Director: Yuki Tanada
Producer: Yasushi Minatoya, Yoshihiro Nagata
Screenwriter: Yuki Tanada
Production Co: U-Next, Happinet Pictures, Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.
Genre: Romance
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 25, 2020
Runtime: 2h 3m

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