Air Doll

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. It stars Bae Doona as an inflatable sex doll that develops consciousness and falls in love.

Air Doll
Promotional poster
Directed byHirokazu Kore-eda
Screenplay byHirokazu Kore-eda
Based onKuuki Ningyo
by Yoshiie Gōda
Produced byHirokazu Kore-eda
Toshiro Uratani
StarringBae Doona
Arata
Itsuji Itao
CinematographyPin Bing Lee
Edited byHirokazu Kore-eda
Music byWorld's End Girlfriend
Distributed byAsmik Ace Entertainment
Fortissimo Films
Ocean Films
Release date
  • 14 May 2009 (2009-05-14)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$1,130,635

Air Doll debuted in the Un Certain Regard section at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. 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.

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