By Player

By Player (2000)

8.5 126 min Movie
DramaRomance

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.

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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

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