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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.

2000 |2h 6m |  Drama, Romance

Cast

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Naoto Takenaka

Taiji Tonoyama

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Keiko Oginome

Kimie

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Hideko Yoshida

Taiji's wife

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Nobuko Otowa

Okaji

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Yasuhito Hida

Kei Satō

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Yuriko Hirooka

Yoshiko

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Hideyuki Kasahara

Yasuo

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Mitsuko Baisho

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Masayuki Shionoya

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Tokuko Watanabe

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Eimei Esumi

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Yoji Tanaka

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Natsuko Fuji

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Nao Ômori

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Takuji Suzuki

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Rinko Kikuchi

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Status

Released

Language

Japanese

Budget

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Revenue

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