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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

126 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

02 December 2000

Country

Japan

Cast

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Taiji Tonoyama

Keiko Oginome

Keiko Oginome

Kimie

Hideko Yoshida

Hideko Yoshida

Taiji's wife

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Okaji

Yasuhito Hida

Yasuhito Hida

Kei Satō

Kagetora Miura

Kagetora Miura

Kei Yamamoto

Yuriko Hirooka

Yuriko Hirooka

Yoshiko

Yûki Suzuki

Yûki Suzuki

Young Yoshiko

Hideyuki Kasahara

Hideyuki Kasahara

Yasuo

Kuriko Namino

Kuriko Namino

Liquor Store Housewife

Mitsuko Baisho

Mitsuko Baisho

Masayuki Shionoya

Masayuki Shionoya

Tokuko Watanabe

Tokuko Watanabe

Eimei Esumi

Eimei Esumi

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka

Kaneto Shindo

Kaneto Shindo

Natsuko Fuji

Natsuko Fuji

Nobuo Shimazaki

Nobuo Shimazaki

Nao Omori

Nao Omori

Takuji Suzuki

Takuji Suzuki

Masakazu Serizawa

Masakazu Serizawa

Kirina Mano

Kirina Mano

Woman at Bar

Rinko Kikuchi

Rinko Kikuchi

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