By Player (2000)
2h 6m
Running Time
December 2, 2000Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
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
Moeko Ezawa
Actress
Hisako Hara
Actress
Yûki Suzuki
Young Yoshiko
Hideyuki Kasahara
Yasuo
Daijirô Harada
Actor
Maiko Kawakami
Actress
Kuriko Namino
Liquor Store Housewife
Katsumi Kiba
Actor
Mitsuko Baisho
Jirô Shindô
Producer
Kirina Mano
Woman at Bar
Tatsumi Nikamoto
Stunts
Yûichi Kanemaru
Assistant Director
Kaze Shindo
Assistant Director
Etsuko Egawa
Makeup Artist
Yoshiyuki Miyake
Director of Photography
Shigemori Shigeta
Art Direction
Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer
Hiroshi Yamashita
Lighting Technician
Yukio Watanabe
Editor
Noriyasu Hirakata
Associate Producer
Yasuhiro Yamamoto
Assistant Director
Rinko Kikuchi
Masakazu Serizawa
Masayuki Shionoya
Tokuko Watanabe
Kaneto Shindō
Director / Writer
Natsuko Fuji
Nobuo Shimazaki
Nao Ômori
Takuji Suzuki
Eimei Esumi
Yoji Tanaka
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 2, 2000
Original Name三文役者
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 6m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
alcoholism
based on a true story
biography
actors
Wiki.
By Player (三文役者, Sanmon Yakusha, lit. "Third-rate actor") is a 2000 Japanese biographical film directed by Kaneto Shindō based on the life of actor Taiji Tonoyama.
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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