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Still life: Death and love dolls in Japan

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Osaka, Sep 8 (EFE/EPA).- Customers are asked to keep conversation to a minimum upon entering Leiya Arata’s home studio in Osaka. By the time make-up and costumes are done, they are expected not to utter a single word as their transformation into a doll is now complete. (Camera: DAI KUROKAWA).SHOT LIST: LEIYA ARATA'S BUSINESS AND HER CUSTOMERS IN OSAKA, JAPAN.SOUND BITES:1. LEIYA ARATA, PROJECT DIRECTOR: "In Japan, relationships can be superficial. Sometimes it is difficult to be honest. They teach and educate us to fit in with society and not become the nail that sticks out, so that we end up holding back." (01:35-02:05). 2. MEGUMI KAZUKI, CUSTOMER: "My motive was to die to become a 'new me', if death is real or false it is the same for my soul. (When I really die) my soul will leave the body for reincarnation." (03:00-03:30). 3. MAKO, CUSTOMER: "I'll do it one day like everyone else. Feeling death as something real prepared me better for that day." (04:44-05:01).

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