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2000-12-02 • 2h 6m
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.
- Directors
- Kaneto Shindō
- Writters
- Kaneto Shindō
- Editors
- Kaneto Shindō, Yukio Watanabe

By Player
Visit website2000-12-02 • 2h 6m
8.0/10 • 1
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.
- Directors
- Kaneto Shindō
- Writters
- Kaneto Shindō
- Editors
- Kaneto Shindō, Yukio Watanabe
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsNaoto Takenaka
Taiji Tonoyama
Keiko Oginome
Kimie
Hideko Yoshida
Taiji's wife
Nobuko Otowa
Okaji
Yasuhito Hida
Kei Satō
Kagetora Miura
Kei Yamamoto
Yuriko Hirooka
Yoshiko
Yûki Suzuki
Young Yoshiko
Hideyuki Kasahara
Yasuo
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- Original Language
- Japanese
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- Keywords
- biographybased on true storyalcoholismfilmmakingactor20th centurybased on real personjapanese cinema