Asmik Ace Entertainment Fortissimo Films Ocean Films
Release date
14 May 2009 (2009-05-14)
Running time
112 minutes
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Box office
$1,130,635[1]
Air Doll (空気人形, Kūki Ningyō) is a 2009 Japanese drama film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. It is based on the manga series Kuuki Ningyo by Yoshiie Gōda, which was serialized in the seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original.[2] It stars Bae Doona as an inflatable sex doll that develops consciousness and falls in love.[3]
Air Doll debuted in the Un Certain Regard section at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.[4][5] It opened in Japanese cinemas on 26 September 2009. Kore-eda said the film is about the loneliness of urban life and the question of what it means to be human.[6][7]
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