By Player (2000)

12/02/2000 (JP) • 2h 6m

Drama, Romance

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.

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

biography

based on true story

alcoholism

filmmaking

actor

20th century

based on real person

japanese cinema

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