By Player

Name: By Player
Cast: Naoto Takenaka, Keiko Oginome, Hideko Yoshida, Nobuko Otowa, Yasuhito Hida

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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 & Crew

Director: Kaneto Shindō

Naoto Takenaka

as Taiji Tonoyama

Keiko Oginome

as Kimie

Hideko Yoshida

as Taiji's wife

Nobuko Otowa

as Okaji

Yasuhito Hida

as Kei Satō

Kagetora Miura

as Kei Yamamoto

Yuriko Hirooka

as Yoshiko

Yûki Suzuki

as Young Yoshiko

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