By Player (2000)
Original title: 三文役者
By Player is a 2000 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Kaneto Shindō, with a running time of 2h 6m. It stars Naoto Takenaka, Keiko Oginome and Hideko Yoshida.
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.
Cast
- 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