By Player (2000)

• Drama
• Romance

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.

Rating

8.5 / 10 (2 votes)

Release date

December 2, 2000

Runtime

2h 06m

Language

Japanese

Director

Kaneto Shindō

Status

Released