By Player

By Player (2000)


  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 2000-12-02
  • User Rating: 8/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 6min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Kindai Eiga Kyokai
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kaneto Shindō
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Summary

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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  • 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
  • Hideyuki Kasahara

    as Yasuo
  • Kuriko Namino

    as Liquor Store Housewife
  • Mitsuko Baisho

    as
  • Masayuki Shionoya

    as
  • Tokuko Watanabe

    as
  • Eimei Esumi

    as
  • Yoji Tanaka

    as
  • Kaneto Shindō

    as
  • Natsuko Fuji

    as
  • Nobuo Shimazaki

    as
  • Nao Ômori

    as
  • Takuji Suzuki

    as
  • Masakazu Serizawa

    as
  • Kirina Mano

    as Woman at Bar
  • Rinko Kikuchi

    as
Writing Kaneto Shindō Writer
Directing Kaneto Shindō Director
Directing Kaze Shindo Assistant Director
Directing Yûichi Kanemaru Assistant Director
Crew Tatsumi Nikamoto Stunts
Costume & Make-Up Etsuko Egawa Makeup Artist
Art Shigemori Shigeta Art Direction
Production Noriyasu Hirakata Associate Producer
Sound Hikaru Hayashi Original Music Composer
Editing Yukio Watanabe Editor
Camera Yoshiyuki Miyake Director of Photography
Lighting Hiroshi Yamashita Lighting Technician
Directing Yasuhiro Yamamoto Assistant Director

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