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2000

126 minutes

DramaRomance

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.

Top Cast

Naoto Takenaka headshot

Naoto Takenaka

Taiji Tonoyama

Keiko Oginome headshot

Keiko Oginome

Kimie

Hideko Yoshida headshot

Hideko Yoshida

Taiji's wife

Nobuko Otowa headshot

Nobuko Otowa

Okaji

Yasuhito Hida headshot

Yasuhito Hida

Kei Satō

Kagetora Miura headshot

Kagetora Miura

Kei Yamamoto

Yuriko Hirooka headshot

Yuriko Hirooka

Yoshiko

Yûki Suzuki headshot

Yûki Suzuki

Young Yoshiko

Hideyuki Kasahara headshot

Hideyuki Kasahara

Yasuo

Kuriko Namino headshot

Kuriko Namino

Liquor Store Housewife

Mitsuko Baisho headshot

Mitsuko Baisho

Masayuki Shionoya headshot

Masayuki Shionoya

Tokuko Watanabe headshot

Tokuko Watanabe

Eimei Esumi headshot

Eimei Esumi

Yoji Tanaka headshot

Yoji Tanaka

Kaneto Shindō headshot

Kaneto Shindō

Natsuko Fuji headshot

Natsuko Fuji

Nobuo Shimazaki headshot

Nobuo Shimazaki

Nao Omori headshot

Nao Omori

Takuji Suzuki headshot

Takuji Suzuki

Masakazu Serizawa headshot

Masakazu Serizawa

Kirina Mano headshot

Kirina Mano

Woman at Bar

Rinko Kikuchi headshot

Rinko Kikuchi