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The Dolls With Attitude

Naoya Yamaguchi · Japan · Comedy / Satire / Fantasy · 7 min · 5.3M views

Directed by Naoya Yamaguchi · Starring Ririka, Yurina Maie, Shunsuke Miura, Mayumi Nomura · 2017

Eri, who always placates others with a fake smile, turns into a doll with that grin frozen in place, yet nobody notices, and soon a talent scout comes calling.

A sly, surreal Japanese fable about fake smiles, idol culture and the pressure to look the part.

Eri is always mollifying people with a fake smile on her face. One day, she turns into a doll with the same grin permanently frozen in place. No one notices, however, that she has transformed into a doll. Soon thereafter

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