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2000The 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.
Acted in
Naoto Takenaka
as Taiji Tonoyama
Keiko Oginome
as Kimie
Hideko Yoshida
as Taiji's wife
Nobuko Otowa
as Okaji
Yasuhito Hida
as Kei Satō
Kagetora Miura
as Kei Yamamoto
Yuriko Hirooka
as Yoshiko
Yûki Suzuki
as Young Yoshiko
Hideyuki Kasahara
as Yasuo
Kuriko Namino
as Liquor Store Housewife
Mitsuko Baisho
Masayuki Shionoya
Tokuko Watanabe
Eimei Esumi
Yoji Tanaka
Kaneto Shindō
Natsuko Fuji
Nobuo Shimazaki
Nao Ômori
Takuji Suzuki
Masakazu Serizawa
Kirina Mano
as Woman at Bar
Rinko Kikuchi