Dollman

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Dollman
Other names	Living Doll
Gender	Male
Status	Active (ka)
Base of operation	Peripatetic (with Sam)
Affiliation	Drawbridge
Occupation	Spirit Medium (previously)
Appearance(s)	Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Portrayed by	Fatih Akin (likeness) Jonathan Roumie (EN voice, performance capture) Tomokazu Sugita (JPN voice)

Dollman is a member of Drawbridge and a compaion of Sam during his new expedition.

Overview

It is unknown how he become like this, as well his exact age and how he entered Drawbridge but, like his name suggest, he is a man who's stuck inside a puppet. Prior to become trapped inside the puppet, he was a spirit medium, but has now lost his power. Just before leaving for his new expedition, Dollman asks Sam to be brought with him who, after Fragile's favorable opinion, attaches him to his BB pod. When Sam, coming to inspect a factory, is captured by the forces of a revived Higgs, the latter, intrigued by the doll, shakes him, calling him "another soulless shell".

Personality

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Physical Description

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Notes

• He is based after Turkish-German film director, screenwriter and producer Fatih Akin, who asked Kojima himself to "become one of the characters in the game". The voice and acting was done by Jonathan Roumie, popular for his work on the TV drama "The Chosen".
• The Living Doll design seems to be inspired by the Bunraku puppets, especially for the head (kashira). By pulling a string, the expression of the puppet can be changed to show that the human has turned into a yōkai (strange apparition) or a onryō (vengeful spirit).
• To give the feel of stop-motion animation, Kojima lowered the frame rate of his animations.
• In the script, he is called Dollman, a name later confirmed during the TGS 2024 presentation.