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By Player

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By Player — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • December 2, 2000
  • Runtime
  • 126 min
  • Genres
  • Drama, Romance
  • Director
  • Kaneto Shindō

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By Player — Cast

Naoto Takenaka photo Naoto Takenaka Taiji Tonoyama Keiko Oginome photo Keiko Oginome Kimie Hideko Yoshida photo Hideko Yoshida Taiji's wife Nobuko Otowa photo Nobuko Otowa Okaji Yasuhito Hida photo Yasuhito Hida Kei Satō Kagetora Miura Kei Yamamoto Yuriko Hirooka photo Yuriko Hirooka Yoshiko Yûki Suzuki Young Yoshiko

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