Storyline
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.
Released
December 2000
Runtime
2h 6min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Japanese
Production
Kindai Eiga Kyokai, Dragon Films
Cast
Naoto 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
Kuriko Namino
Liquor Store Housewife
Mitsuko Baisho
Acting
Masayuki Shionoya
Acting
Tokuko Watanabe
Acting
Eimei Esumi
Acting
Yoji Tanaka
Acting
Kaneto Shindō
Directing
Natsuko Fuji
Acting
Nobuo Shimazaki
Acting
Nao Ômori
Acting
Takuji Suzuki
Acting
Masakazu Serizawa
Acting
Kirina Mano
Woman at Bar
Rinko Kikuchi
Acting
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