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Air Doll

Play trailer Poster for Air Doll 2022,  2h 5m,  Drama/ Fantasy/ Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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64% Tomatometer 42 Reviews 65% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A blow-up doll is given a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk.

Critics Reviews

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Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Feb 3, 2022
It’s the flatly sentimental approach to the premise that throws Kore-eda off his game. Go to Full Review
Dave White TheWrap Feb 3, 2022
Thanks to Kore-edas characteristic practice of thoughtful scripting and gentle direction, the metaphors, though too numerous, land gently and effectively. Go to Full Review
Walter V. Addiego San Francisco Chronicle Jun 24, 2010
2/4
The film's poignant depiction of human loneliness is undercut by saccharine notes and a drifting tone. Go to Full Review
Dustin Chang Floating World Jan 30, 2026
The film is closer to Spielberg's A.I- Dark yet saccharine. There are secondary stories of other characters we get only glimpses of, and don't quite resonate as it should. Air Doll is not quite the right fit for genteel filmmaker. Go to Full Review
Bee Delores B-Sides & Badlands Jul 9, 2024
3.5/5
Air Doll is a tenderly crackling slow-burn, a drama bursting with a gooey fantasy center. Go to Full Review
Gayle Sequeira BFI Jul 29, 2023
Air Doll, directed by Hirokazu Koreeda and based on the manga Kuuki Ningyo, captures the loneliness of city life, in which dinners for one are routine and employees are replaceable. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Hirokazu Koreeda

Director

Arata Iura

Junichi

Itsuji Itao

Hideo

Joe Odagiri

Actor

Sumiko Fuji

Actor

Tasuku Emoto

Actor

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Air Doll

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Movie Info

Synopsis A blow-up doll is given a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk.
Director
Hirokazu Koreeda
Producer
Hirokazu Koreeda, Toshiro Uratani
Screenwriter
Yoshiie Goda, Hirokazu Koreeda
Distributor
Dekanalog
Production Co
Asmik Ace Entertainment, TV Man Union, Bandai Visual Co. Ltd., Engine Film Inc., Eisei Gekijo
Genre
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 4, 2022, Limited
Runtime
2h 5m
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