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  • Rated 6.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2000
  • 2h 6m
  • Drama
  • Romance

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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Director
Kaneto Shindō
Starring
Naoto Takenaka, Keiko Oginome, Hideko Yoshida, Nobuko Otowa

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

    Kei Yamamoto

  • Yuriko Hirooka

    Yuriko Hirooka

    Yoshiko

  • Yûki Suzuki

    Young Yoshiko

  • Hideyuki Kasahara

    Hideyuki Kasahara

    Yasuo

  • Kuriko Namino

    Liquor Store Housewife

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