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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.

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      Naoto Takenaka

      Taiji Tonoyama

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      Keiko Oginome

      Kimie

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      Hideko Yoshida

      Taiji's wife

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      Nobuko Otowa

      Okaji

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      Yasuhito Hida

      Kei Satō

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      Kagetora Miura

      Kei Yamamoto

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      Yuriko Hirooka

      Yoshiko

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      Yûki Suzuki

      Young Yoshiko

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      Hideyuki Kasahara

      Yasuo

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      Kuriko Namino

      Liquor Store Housewife

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      Mitsuko Baisho

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      Masayuki Shionoya

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      Tokuko Watanabe

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      Eimei Esumi

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      Yoji Tanaka

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      Kaneto Shindō

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      Natsuko Fuji

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      Nobuo Shimazaki

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      Nao Omori

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      Takuji Suzuki

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      Masakazu Serizawa

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      Kirina Mano

      Woman at Bar

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      Rinko Kikuchi

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

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