- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Release: 2000-12-02
- Director: Kaneto Shindō
- Writers: Kaneto Shindō
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Naoto Takenaka , Keiko Oginome , Hideko Yoshida , Nobuko Otowa , Mitsuko Baishô , Moeko Ezawa , Hisako Hara , Daijirō Harada , Maiko Kawakami , Katsumi Kiba
- Runtime: 126 min
- Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
- AKA: 三文役者 (Japan) , By Player , Epizodní herec (Czech Republic) , Mellékszereplő (Hungary) , Actor secundario (Spain) , Sanmon yakusha , Aktor drugoplanowy (Poland)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0263963
By Player Cast · · · ALL
Kaneto Shindō
Director
Naoto Takenaka
Taiji Tonoyama
Keiko Oginome
Kimie
Hideko Yoshida
Taiji's wife
Nobuko Otowa
Okaji
Yasuhito Hida
Kei Satō
Yuriko Hirooka
Yoshiko
Hideyuki Kasahara
Yasuo
Kuriko Namino
Liquor Store Housewife
Masayuki Shionoya
Tokuko Watanabe
Eimei Esumi
Yoji Tanaka
Kaneto Shindō
Nao Omori
Takuji Suzuki
Reita Serizawa
Kirina Mano
Woman at Bar
Rinko Kikuchi