Dolls
ドールズ (original)
Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's parents, who have insisted their son take part in an arranged marriage to his boss' daughter.
Starring Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Chieko Matsubara, Kyoko Fukada, Tsutomu Takeshige, Kayoko Kishimoto, Kanji Tsuda, Yûko Daike, Yuko Daike
Watch "Dolls" on Mubi released in 2002. It's a drama and romance movie, and has a rating of 7.5 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.