- HD 1080
- Runtime: 126m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Kaneto Shindō
- Stars: Naoto Takenaka, Keiko Oginome, Hideko Yoshida, Nobuko Otowa, Yasuhito Hida
- keywords: biography, based on true story, alcoholism, actor
- Production_studio: Kindai Eiga Kyokai, Dragon Films
- The By Player is featured in the top rankings of 2000
- #2 in Top Romance Movies of 2000
- #5 in Top Drama Movies of 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.