By Player

Name: By Player
Released: 2000-12-02
Rating: 8.5

8.5/10 (2)

·2000· 126 min

Director: Kaneto Shindō

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

Taiji Tonoyama

Keiko Oginome

Kimie

Hideko Yoshida

Taiji's wife

Nobuko Otowa

Okaji

Yasuhito Hida

Kei Satō

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Kagetora Miura

Kei Yamamoto

Yuriko Hirooka

Yoshiko

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Yûki Suzuki

Young Yoshiko

Hideyuki Kasahara

Yasuo

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Kuriko Namino

Liquor Store Housewife

Mitsuko Baisho

Masayuki Shionoya

In brief

By Player (2000) is a drama, romance film. With an average rating of 8.5/10 from 2 votes, it's one of the higher-rated titles. The film runs 2h 6min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.

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How long is By Player?

By Player runs 126 minutes (2h 6min).

What rating does By Player have?

By Player has an average rating of 8.5/10 based on 2 viewer votes on TMDB.

What year is By Player from?

By Player was released in 2000.