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Film / 2000

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Directed by Kaneto Shindō
DramaRomance

★ 8.5/10Audience rating

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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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.

Cast

Naoto TakenakaTaiji Tonoyama Keiko OginomeKimie Hideko YoshidaTaiji's wife Nobuko OtowaOkaji Yasuhito HidaKei Satō Kagetora MiuraKei Yamamoto Yuriko HirookaYoshiko Yûki SuzukiYoung Yoshiko Hideyuki KasaharaYasuo Kuriko NaminoLiquor Store Housewife Mitsuko Baisho Masayuki Shionoya
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Tokuko Watanabe Eimei Esumi Yoji Tanaka Kaneto Shindō Natsuko Fuji Nobuo Shimazaki Nao Omori Takuji Suzuki Masakazu Serizawa Kirina ManoWoman at Bar Rinko Kikuchi

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