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Dollhouse

Dollhouse

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Dollhouse

"It Wants to Play."

2025

1h 50m

7.6(122 votes)

Horror

Mystery

Overview

After losing their child, a mother finds solace in a life-sized ancient doll she finds on the market. When a new daughter enters the family's life, strange things begin to happen and no matter how hard the family tries to get rid of it, the doll always finds its way back.

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Production Companies

TOHO Studios

Django Film

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Masami Nagasawa

Masami Nagasawa

Yoshie Suzuki

Koji Seto

Koji Seto

Tadahiko Suzuki

Tetsushi Tanaka

Tetsushi Tanaka

Kanda

Aoi Ikemura

Aoi Ikemura

Mai Suzuki

Naomi Nishida

Naomi Nishida

Ryoko Takeuchi

Hiroki Konno

Hiroki Konno

Terashima

Totoka Honda

Mei Suzuki

Tōru Shinagawa

Tōru Shinagawa

Muneharu Ikeya

Ken Yasuda

Ken Yasuda

Yamamoto

Jun Fubuki

Jun Fubuki

Toshiko Suzuki

Creative team

Directed by: Shinobu Yaguchi
Written by: Shinobu Yaguchi
Produced by: Tomoo Fukatsu

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