Kûki ningyô

"A very "human" story."

Sep 26 2009 Unrated 2h 5m
Drama, Fantasy, Romance

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.

Plot

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

Yoshiie Goda, Hirokazu Koreeda

Directed by

Hirokazu Koreeda

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Bandai Visual, TV Man Union, Engine Films, Asmik Ace, Eisei Gekijo

Languages

Awards

1 win & 4 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
8,651
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
65
Popularity
NA