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2000•2h 6m•8.5•Released
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.
Director
Kaneto Shindō
Writer
Kaneto Shindō
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Cast
Naoto Takenaka
Taiji Tonoyama
Keiko Oginome
Kimie
Hideko Yoshida
Taiji's wife
Nobuko Otowa
Okaji
Yasuhito Hida
Kei Satō
Kagetora Miura
Kei Yamamoto
Yuriko Hirooka
Yoshiko
Yûki Suzuki
Young Yoshiko
Hideyuki Kasahara
Yasuo
Kuriko Namino
Liquor Store Housewife
Mitsuko Baisho
Masayuki Shionoya
Tokuko Watanabe
Eimei Esumi
Yoji Tanaka
Production
Company
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Company
Dragon Films
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