
2000 · Kaneto Shindō · 126 min
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.
Naoto TakenakaTaiji Tonoyama
Keiko OginomeKimie
Hideko YoshidaTaiji's wife
Nobuko OtowaOkaji
Yasuhito HidaKei SatōKagetora MiuraKei Yamamoto
Yuriko HirookaYoshikoYûki SuzukiYoung Yoshiko
Hideyuki KasaharaYasuoKuriko NaminoLiquor Store Housewife
Mitsuko Baisho
Masayuki Shionoya
Tokuko Watanabe
Eimei Esumi
Yoji Tanaka