Air Doll
Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda
Written by Yoshiie Goda, Hirokazu Koreeda
Starring Bae Doona, Arata Iura
Release Date September 26th, 2009
The movie Air Doll was originally released in 2009 and it flew completely under my radar. Thankfully, our friends at Dekanalog have rescued this lovely, thoughtful and thoroughly strange melodrama about a blow up sex doll that comes to life. That sounds a little like an inverse take on Lars and the Real Girl and the movies do carry a similar sense of whimsical melancholy. Air Doll is far more absurdist than the sweet Lars but if you liked one you may enjoy the other.
Air Doll stars Bae Doon as Nozomi. Nozomi is the name given to the blow up sex doll belonging to Hideo (Isuji Itao) and it is a name she keeps when she finds a heart. That’s Nozomi’s narrated explanation of how she came to life, she found a heart. That heart leads Nozomi to venture outside, even as her only clothes are fetish costumes bought by Hideo. Nozomi chooses a sexy maid costume and ventures out into the world.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
