Film

By Player

Name: By Player
Director: Kaneto Shindō
Released: 2000
Rating: 8
Cast: Naoto Takenaka, Keiko Oginome, Hideko Yoshida, Nobuko Otowa, Yasuhito Hida

2000 · 126 min · ★ 8 · Dir. Kaneto Shindō

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.