By Player

By Player

2000
2h 6m
8.0

8.0/10

1 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Romance
Overview

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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Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Kindai Eiga Kyokai Dragon Films
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

biography based on true story alcoholism filmmaking actor 20th century based on real person japanese cinema

Quick Facts

Original Title 三文役者
Release Date December 2, 2000
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0263963

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

Key Crew

Kaneto Shindō
Director
Kaneto Shindō
Writer