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By Player 2000 Directed by Kaneto Shindō 三文役者

The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life. The film focuses on Tonoyama's alcohol dependence and his various sexual relationships, as well as his film work with Shindo.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Drama , Romance
Production Companies Kindai Eiga Kyokai , Dragon Films
Release Date 2 December 2000
126 mins
Cast
Naoto Takenaka
Naoto Takenaka Taiji Tonoyama
Keiko Oginome
Keiko Oginome Kimie
Hideko Yoshida
Hideko Yoshida Taiji's wife
Nobuko Otowa
Nobuko Otowa Okaji
Yasuhito Hida
Yasuhito Hida Kei Satō
Kagetora Miura
Kagetora Miura Kei Yamamoto
Yuriko Hirooka
Yuriko Hirooka Yoshiko
Yûki Suzuki
Yûki Suzuki Young Yoshiko
Hideyuki Kasahara
Hideyuki Kasahara Yasuo
Kuriko Namino
Kuriko Namino Liquor Store Housewife
Mitsuko Baisho
Mitsuko Baisho
Masayuki Shionoya
Masayuki Shionoya
Tokuko Watanabe
Tokuko Watanabe
Eimei Esumi
Eimei Esumi
Yoji Tanaka
Yoji Tanaka
Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Natsuko Fuji
Natsuko Fuji
Nobuo Shimazaki
Nobuo Shimazaki
Nao Omori
Nao Omori
Takuji Suzuki
Takuji Suzuki
Masakazu Serizawa
Masakazu Serizawa
Kirina Mano
Kirina Mano Woman at Bar
Rinko Kikuchi
Rinko Kikuchi
Crew
Director
Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Writer
Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Cinematography
Yoshiyuki Miyake
Yoshiyuki Miyake
Composer
Hikaru Hayashi
Hikaru Hayashi
Editor
Yukio Watanabe
Yukio Watanabe
Art Direction
Shigemori Shigeta
Shigemori Shigeta
Makeup Artist
Etsuko Egawa
Etsuko Egawa
Stunts
Tatsumi Nikamoto
Tatsumi Nikamoto
Lighting
Hiroshi Yamashita
Hiroshi Yamashita
Assistant Directors
Yûichi Kanemaru
Yûichi Kanemaru
Kaze Shindo
Kaze Shindo
Yasuhiro Yamamoto
Yasuhiro Yamamoto