a BJD in a MOVIE or VIDEO?

I just watched a k-drama [The Master's Sun]. On episode 5, there is a couple of bjds and I'm a little curious who they are.

 

Hi! Do you guys know of any BJD-related films or documentaries out there? If so, have you seen them? I've seen some documentaries featuring doll collectors but never came across any showing BJD collectors. Have you?

 

Doll Master is one film I could think of. They featured BJD's for sure.

 

Oooh, Doll Master! Always bring that one up to illustrate the difference between a "normal" person and a doll person. There's that wall of dolls in that house - like, a wall full of BJDs. Now, a "normal" person will probably go "OMG, how creepy!" at that wall. A doll person more likely than not will go "Oooooh, I want this one and this one and this one and holy cow, is that a limited full-set XXX by YYY over there?"

 

@Khell, too funny about the difference between normal people and doll people. I loved the wall of dolls, also really loved the life-sized ones that moved! I want a creepy toilet doll in my bathroom.

The movie Baby Blues was mentioned above. To me the doll looked like it had standard BJD joints, but it was hard to identify the sculpt because the eyes had been opened up, a LOT, which distorted the face. A pretty good movie, though, and it was an interesting idea to use the doll like a spin-the-bottle game.

 

I've never seen one in a movie, but there is an otome game based around BJD's and they come to life, thus causing you to date them xDD
I think any movie with any sort of bjd in it would be horror, though, due to the general public.​

 

I think I might have seen a BJD in the last scene in "Wishing Stairs". Not sure, though, I'd have to check. (Yes, another horror movie and nope, got nothing at all to do with BJDs, that's why I found it kinda odd.)

 

There's a Korean comedy movie called Attack on the Pinup Boys, starring members of Super Junior. One of them is given a BJD that looks like him, and he carries it around with him for a while. That's the only non-horror I can think of.

 

Not from a movie, but interesting bit from a video game. Shadow Hearts 2's playable character Gepetto is supposed to have a marionette/puppet named Cornelia, but despite what the text of the game says, looking at her without her dresses, it's obvious she's a ball-jointed doll controlled via magic. (All of her jointing is internal and follow BJD jointing, not marionette jointing; never really shown to actually have strings attached; clothes are easily changeable; mouth is fixed instead of moveable.)

 

Cornelia is -definitely- a BJD! She has no strings, and her joints are pretty obvious ball and socket ones! Even her fashions match popular doll styles! :P

 

In the anime "Another" there is a sick girl in a hospital and her cousin brings her bjds to cheer her up!

 

I did a quick search and didn't see anyone mention "Nameless - the one thing you must recall". It's a otome game by cheritz and it features Crobidoll. You literally date your dolls and Crobidoll has released or still has the dolls that star in the game.

You can buy it on steam.



Red nameless version on Crobidoll

 

Totally forgot about that.

 

Not exactly a movie, but in a trailer for the game NieR: Automata, ball-jointed dolls are heavily featured. Not for the faint of heart though! And I don't mean in the sense of gore or horror, I mean that the video is literally about, and shows, dolls being smashed and destroyed via what appears to be assembly-line style factory equipment. The plot of the game, I believe, has something to do with a war between androids, and the equipment in the video is run from a robot in a control center whose objective is to "destroy all dolls". There is also a poster or sign shown briefly on one of the factory walls, proclaiming "Do not love dolls. Dolls have no souls."
You get the idea.

I want to rescue all the dolls, but I also find it strangely cathartic. The music is beautiful. I was able to watch with some detachment, enjoying the art of the thing, but still... I know dolls aren't technically alive but I still feel bad seeing them "die". They even reach out as if for help, the poor dears. Strung dolls really are lifelike, aren't they?

The video is here, for those interested:


Also, imagine how much all those expensive dollies must have cost whoever made this...

(I kind of want to make a doll based off one or more of the ones that get destroyed in the video, but as some of them are based on actual characters in the game I don't want to copy their design, but I would still love to pretend I "rescued" one of the doomed dollies... or kind of make my own backstory for them. Does that make sense? Am I just weird? Who knows?)

 

NOPE NOPE NOPE, I could barely stomach that, and I've seen some awful real gore videos...
Is it a bad psychological sign that I'm more distressed by dolls being destroyed than by actual gore? YIKES
Seriously though, I'm boutta go hug all my dolls now...

 

That goes along with the whole "people murdered in movies? Meh. Dogs? OH HELLLNAW" thing - so I say normal. :haha

 

I love the game and actually came back to dolls after a 2 year hiatus because of the boss fight in the amusement park. It's a long story, but the boss has android bodies strapped to her large mechanical dress and they look like BJDs. I started thinking about BJDs and just ended up wanting to collect again.

(Nier is psychologically and philosophically intense!!! By far the best game I've played in years.)

 

Super Junior Korean movie has 1 member owning a BJD which dressed like him. He is famous in school and even to the neighbouring schools. He carries his BJD almost everywhere he goes.

And a Korean drama (I can't remember the name of the drama) a lady owns a BJD fashion shop and has a few dolls sitting around the shop. The drama has many scenes in the shop so I enjoyed looking at the dolls~

*edit: in regards to the drama, it might not be a shop. It might be a studio/office for the BJD fashion shop.. because i dont remember seeing much display like how a shop should look and I did not see any customers in there.. you know, its always the shop owner n the the drama characters chatting on the couch..

 

I just got a craving for watching aaall the bjd horror movies

 

I know there's threads with this theme but I can't find them
I started a KDrama yesterday called Bachelor Vegetable Shop (Ji Chang Wook stars, enough said). The show about 7 years old, & the first episodes are set in 2000. Lo & behold, one of the middle school girls carries around a Volks 4 sister BJD! And her mother fully established herself as a fool when she told her daughter she was too old for dolls! For THAT doll!!! I got indignant
I've seen BJDs a couple times in KDramas (one creepy little scene in Master's Sun where a shaman used BJDs to symbolize a wedding between two ghosts). This is the first time I've seen one where it's not been seen as creepy. Wondered if anyone else remembers seeing BJDs in films or TV where they WEREN'T meant to be creepy?

 

There were a couple of music videos featuring BJDs. Most recently the one for Nier: Automata. There was also a pop singer from America (I think) who had one 5 or 8 years ago?

 

Well, there is a show here in Germany called “Shopping Queen“. Basically a bunch of women get a budget and theme, need to buy clothes and are then judged for their outfit (if I remember correctly).
They also have a look at the home of the contestants, i.e. some of the contestants check it out while the owner is not there themself.

One time one of the contestants was an older fashion doll collector, who had also dabbled into BJD a long time ago. I think she hadn't mentioned it.
So they get into her home and there are a few slim cabinets with a fashion doll here and there (basically her favourites), nothing special yet but the two women who check out her home are already a little “uh, okay?“.
They look around a little and get into another room (I think it was a cellar room), where there is a box with a few BJDs, some dressed and some not.
Of course those woman lose it, grab the dolls, squeek because they have genitals, go on how those are probably sex dolls etc.; in the end they act like that woman had a bunch of Realdolls sitting on her sofa

Someone in the German community had actually gif-ed parts of the scene (the one where one woman points at the crotch and does a villain-esque laugh is my favourite ) but I can't find her Tumblr post right now. Will see if I can find it.

 

Now I have to find that German show LOL

 

Found it!
Squiieekie's Doll Blog — Two stupid German chicks on tv being confronted...

Sadly no video of the full scene, been a few years.
Still love the top left gif

 

I had a similar experience except with a Ringdoll 70cm guy - I unboxed him at my office so all my cubicle buddies crowded about Would LOVE to see the reaction to that on TV LOL LOL LOL

 

So they searched this woman's house, went through her boxes, undressed her dolls and they think there's something wrong with her?

As far as not-creepy BJD appearances, the only one I can think of is a K-movie from 2006 or so (?) called "Attack on the Pinup Boys". One of the members of Super Junior is given a doll, possibly a Luts El, which has been dressed to look like him. He carries it around for a while. It's cute.

 

That's pretty much what we thought too. Who's the weirdo, the one who collects dolls or the one who goes all crazy laughing and undressed them right away to expose the barely sculpted private bits.

Honestly, I am not sure how much all of this was staged (i.e. if the doll got their underwear removed by the producers/if the women got asked to check them out and act all weirded out etc.), but I doubt the owner knew about it beforehand.
Because I personally would not like it if people go into my home, raid my stuff and then act like I am a sick pervert just because they got no clue and have to oversexualize everything.

 

I wouldn't like it one bit either. She probably packed them away, hoping to avoid that scenario.

 

Ladies and gentlemen - in that gif Ara linked we present you: The personification of the Dumb Blonde cliché. And yes, I mean both of them ... -.-

 

I think it's awesome that bjd's are making their way into movies. It's really cool to see.

 

Hey guys! I'm pretty sure most of you know this but a korean horror movie was centered on bids and it's called Doll Master.
But did you know about Ghost Theater? It's a recent Japanese horror movie about a doll haunting a cast in the theater.

 

I just saw a movie the other day, a SyFy flick called Flight 7500. It had a BJD in it. Pretty sure it was something like a Dollfie Dream with a custom head (a creepy-looking bobble-head). It was the representation of a Shinigami in the movie. Didn't have a large role but it was still cool to see it. And before the doll shows up, there's a scene where the flight attendants overhear a guy on his phone, talking about ripping out eyes and things like that... And I'm thinking now why does THAT sound familiar?

Turns out he's the one who made the Shinigami and was delivering it to its owner. Which we discover later on in the movie.

It was a fun watch. Not necessarily a GOOD movie but these SyFy creations rarely are. lol

 

I believe there bjds in Misa's room in the live action Death Note movie.

Also there was a few movie called Spider Lilies, Bunshinsaba, and Doll Master that had bjds in it. I think Bunshinsaba had a Dollmore sculpt.

 

there are many movies includes bjd in it, mostly Asian movies, Chinese(mostly Taiwanese part), Japanese, Korean mostly have dolls in particular movies

 

Yes, that is my favorite movie, custom house. Horrible? no, I do not think so

 

Korean horror movie "Wishing Stairs" had bjds in it too.

 

Brand new KDrama - remake of Absolute Boyfriend - has the creepy anti-heroine holding a SD BJD - I can't quite figure out what sculpt tho!

 

Hey! Today I learned about a Korean horror movie about killer BJDs. For real.



I ended up being really interested in what dolls were featured in the film. Many of these seemed familiar. After doing some research, I found that this being released in 2004, the dolls were mostly models from the old Custom House, event dolls from the AI series? I’m not sure which ones. But it’s interesting since this had to have been made in 2002-2003, which means this was really early as far as modern BJDs go. It’s also interesting because they say the dolls are all decades old despite them being mostly modern.

Have BJDs featured in any other films that you know of? And can we maybe identify some of the dolls from the film? I’ll do some research myself.

 

It may be my preference for black hair, but the doll in the black dress is super cute. Custom House were bought by Luts I believe.

This may interest you: Specific Doll - What's her official name/anyone got any photos of her (AI Mina from doll master) | Den of Angels

 

I don’t know of another movie featuring BJD’s, but I remember there was a Filipino band featuring BJD dolls as the musician Mistula is the name of the band, I don’t know if they still making music though.

I think St. Mina is one of the dolls from Custom House that is in The Doll Master- in fact, I think that’s her the actress is holding. I haven’t seen this movie I just know it was talked about on DoA.
If you’re interested in getting your hands on some Custom House dolls, either buy second hand or you can get some of the newer CH sculpts from Luts. I don’t know the details of the rights of the sculpts but some of the CH sculpts are now produced by Luts (I think CH sold them to Luts?) I know for sure Hyun and Cyn were once sold by CH. there are a few other molds Luts acquired but I don’t remember all.

 

I havrn't seen the film, bu it is one of the reasons a very doll-phobic friend will no longer visit me.

I believe the CustomHouse St. Mina sculpts (the one she's holding and one other - one smiling, one not, and open eye variations) are based on the actress herself.

Teddy

 

Oh nah, they're not my style, I just like having useless trivia rattling around in my head.

That's cool about the band!

 

There was an anime with one episode that featured a doll sculptor as the victim of a crime that needed solving. The sculptor exclusively made male dolls, this was somehow relevant to the plot. Ik keep thinking it was pet shop of horrors but that doesn’t make sense as it’s not really a detective series.
It was this particular episode that got me interested in trying to make my own doll.

 

I own a copy of this movie, the Junky Spot use to give out random gifts on big orders and I got a DVD of The Doll Master with an order of two Obitsu girls back when I was still newish to this hobby. The movie is pretty hokey, but worth a watch if you can find it. Sadly my copy has a flaw and the subtitles cut off at the end so the last words of the movie are unknown to me, but otherwise I enjoyed it as a fun bad B movie.

 

It might have been petshop of horrors, since the secondary character was an investigator? Though it's been too long since I read for me to know. I definitely want to read that short now though, I love stories that inspire me to make things! Please let me know if you remember!

 

I looked at the episode and chapter list of pet shop of horrors but it wasn’t there. I’m pretty sure it was an anime so it must have been something else.
The episode started with an exhibition of dolls all made by the sculptor. She lived in a huge mansion and for some reason the protagonist stayed over during the night. In the end all the dolls were destroyed though. And the sculptor hooked up with another artist who made only female dolls.
I have no idea what the actual plot of the episode was, only that something needed investigating and the dolls were relevant. It might have been the same series that had an episode about a perfume maker whose wife was murdered by his mistress because she smelt better? I watched so many supernatural (and superweird) detectives, I really don’t remember

 

I’ve never watched a movie or show with BJD’s on it but I’m so glad I found this thread so I have a few options to watch!

 

Here's one that's a bit obscure. My favorite anime is Ghost in the Shell, which is an anime franchise that spans manga, movies, and multiple anime series. It's essentially a cyperpunk post-human take on a sci fi dystopian future set in Japan. The themes revolve around asking hard questions about what it means to be human when your body is no longer flesh and blood, but a machine. Really good stuff if youre into that kinda thing.

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence came out in the 2000s and is a pretty solid follow up to the original 90s movie. It heavily features BJD dolls in it's theming and designs. They also talk extensively about dolls and how a robot body is essentially one. Dolls are playthings, and the movie centers around "dolls" or robots built for sex to be the playthings of humans that go on a murdering spree. The main characters must find out why.

Spoiler: pic 2

The movie begins with a famous "shelling" sequence, as with the first. However this movie the robot in the sequence is DISNTINCTLY a BJD. She has joints exactly as a BJD would. I had a hard time finding screenshots but I'm sure it's on youtube somewhere.

Spoiler: 3

Spoiler: 4

Please let me know if anyone else loves GiTS! I even have a quote from the movie in my Signature

 

The anime is Vampire Princess Miyu episode 19

 

I can’t not think of 3 Extremes when I look at bjds. I love this film and watched it for Takashi Miikes segment(the Box) which happens to be the doll one. I recommend it for horror fans.

 

@Starry City
I know I'm like way late to the party, and you probably already know all of this info, but those dolls are likely inspired by the work of Hans Bellmer. I don't suggest googling his name at work btw. At least one BJD artist (Gentaro Araki) has cited him as one of their influences though! I wouldn't be surprised if many more also were influenced by him.

I'm not sure if you know about the Gynoid dolls made for a special edition of the movie, but they're out there! Sometimes they pop up on Mandarake. They're on topic here but I don't think I've seen anyone post one in recent years. I sure would like to see some that aren't just in a sales listing!

 

I just got this film! I didn't realize there was a doll segment. Something to watch this weekend.

 

@Alewife it’s worth a watch. I loved it so much, I got the full movie for Dumplings. I think the short was better.

I’m having a hard time tracking down Cinderella.

 

Not really a bjd related movie but annabelle scared the *beep* out of my mom and dad that’s why they didn’t allow any doll appear in front of them because they are convinced dolls are evil.

 

Not a movie, but I remember seeing a bjd in the background of an Americas funniest home videos clip.

 

Does anyone know the name of this drama?

 

I saw BJD in China Variety Shows named The Truth

 

I saw BJD in the romantic movie Spider Lilies (Ci qing). If I remember correctly, the main character communicated her feelings through her doll sometimes.

 

I remember hearing about that one! I think I put it on my watch list and then totally forgot about it, haha. Do you recommend it?

 

I like the visuals especially. I think this film had a really good cinematographer. It has a poetry to it. Otherwise, it's a classic scheme of lovestory and childhood trauma. Sorry for my bad English.