By Player

Name: By Player
Director: Kaneto Shindō
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2000-12-02
Duration: 126 min
Cast: Naoto Takenaka, Keiko Oginome, Hideko Yoshida, Nobuko Otowa, Yasuhito Hida

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2000 · 126 min · Drama · Romance · TMDB 8.5/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Kaneto Shindō

Cast

Naoto Takenaka — Taiji Tonoyama
Keiko Oginome — Kimie
Hideko Yoshida — Taiji's wife
Nobuko Otowa — Okaji
Yasuhito Hida — Kei Satō