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★ 6.0/10 TMDB 2000-12-02 126 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.

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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
Kei Yamamoto
Yuriko Hirooka
Yuriko Hirooka
Yoshiko
Yûki Suzuki
Young Yoshiko
Hideyuki Kasahara
Hideyuki Kasahara
Yasuo
Kuriko Namino
Liquor Store Housewife
Mitsuko Baisho
Mitsuko Baisho
Masayuki Shionoya
Masayuki Shionoya
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