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