By Player

By Player (2000)

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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.

Date of release
2000-12-02
TMDB
8.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
2h 6m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Kaneto Shindō

Casting

Interesting facts

By Player is a 2000 Japanese biographical film directed by Kaneto Shindō based on the life of actor Taiji Tonoyama.

Production

Nobuko Otowa's dialogue to camera was recorded six years before the rest of the film was made, before Otowa's death in 1994.

The film uses Tonoyama's life story to tell the story of Shindō's production company, Kindai Eiga Kyokai. Although it is based on Tonoyama's life, the dramatized scenes from Tonoyama's life are not based on witness accounts, but only on how Shindō imagined them. The film is based on Shindō's biography of Tonoyama.

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