By Player
Directed by Kaneto ShindoFilm inspired by the life of Japanese actor Taiji Tonoyama, with whom Kaneto Shindo had worked on many occasions, with the help of archive images and fragments of the most famous films of the director. The actress Nobuko Otowa adds dialogues facing the camera, as if she was talking to Tonoyama and remembering together old episodes of the interpreter, a past marked by alcoholism and a hectic sex life.
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By Player was released on December 2, 2000.
By Player was directed by Kaneto Shindo.
By Player has a runtime of 2 hr 6 min.
By Player was produced by Jirô Shindô.
The key characters in By Player are Taiji Tonoyama (Naoto Takenaka), Kimie (Keiko Oginome), Taiji's wife (Hideko Yoshida).
By Player is a Drama, Romance film.
By Player has an audience rating of 7.2 out of 10.