By Player (2000)
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.
Director: Kaneto Shindō
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Naoto Takenaka as Taiji Tonoyama |
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Keiko Oginome as Kimie |
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Hideko Yoshida as Taiji's wife |
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Nobuko Otowa as Okaji |
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Yasuhito Hida as Kei Satō |
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Kagetora Miura as Kei Yamamoto |
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Yuriko Hirooka as Yoshiko |
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Yûki Suzuki as Young Yoshiko |
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Hideyuki Kasahara as Yasuo |
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Kuriko Namino as Liquor Store Housewife |
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Mitsuko Baisho as |
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Masayuki Shionoya as |
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Tokuko Watanabe as |
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Eimei Esumi as |
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Yoji Tanaka as |
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Kaneto Shindō as |
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Natsuko Fuji as |
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Nobuo Shimazaki as |
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Nao Omori as |
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Takuji Suzuki as |
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Masakazu Serizawa as |
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Kirina Mano as Woman at Bar |
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Rinko Kikuchi as |
| Directing | Kaneto Shindō | Director |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Writer |
| Directing | Yûichi Kanemaru | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Etsuko Egawa | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Kaze Shindo | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Tatsumi Nikamoto | Stunts |
| Directing | Yasuhiro Yamamoto | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Yoshiyuki Miyake | Director of Photography |
| Art | Shigemori Shigeta | Art Direction |
| Production | Noriyasu Hirakata | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Hikaru Hayashi | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Hiroshi Yamashita | Lighting Technician |
| Editing | Yukio Watanabe | Editor |
