By Player

By Player
By Player
	Film poster
	三文役者
Directed by	Kaneto Shindō
Screenplay by	Kaneto Shindō
Based on	Sanmon yakusha no shi; by Kaneto Shindō
Produced by	Jiro Shindō
Starring	Naoto Takenaka; Nobuko Otowa;
Cinematography	Yoshiyuki Miyake
Edited by	Yukio Watanabe
Music by	Hikaru Hayashi
Production; company	Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Distributed by	Kindai Eiga Kyokai; Tokyo Teatoru;
Release date	2 December 2000 (Japan);
Running time	126 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

By Player (三文役者, Sanmon Yakusha, lit. "Third-rate actor") is a 2000 Japanese biographical film directed by Kaneto Shindō based on the life of actor Taiji Tonoyama.^[2]^[3]

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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