By Player (2000) — drama, romance film. Directed by Kaneto Shindō. Starring Naoto Takenaka, Keiko Oginome, Hideko Yoshida, Nobuko Otowa. This page maps 6 characters and 5 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
Interactive Features for By Player
By Player offers interactive tools beyond traditional movie databases:
Character Relationship Map
— Interactive D3-powered visualization of character connections, alliances, and conflicts. Explore how 6 characters interconnect through 5 relationship links.
A documentary exploration of an actor's turbulent personal life, professional struggles, and unconventional family formation.
Drama, Romance · 8.5/10 · 126 min · 2000
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.
