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By Player (2000)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 2000, December 2
Directors: Kaneto Shindō
Countries: Japan
Production: Kindai Eiga Kyokai, Dragon Films
Cast: Naoto Takenaka, Yuriko Hirooka, Hideko Yoshida, Yasuhito Hida, Hideyuki Kasahara, Keiko Oginome, Nobuko Otowa, Kagetora Miura, Kirina Mano, Yûki Suzuki, Kuriko Namino

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.

Keywords:

biography based on true story alcoholism based on real person 20th century filmmaking actor japanese cinema