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SAMMON YAKUSHA (2000)

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Film details

Featuring

Naoto Takenaka Keiko Oginome Hideko Yoshida
Director

Kaneto Shindo
Country

Japan
Year

2000
Genre

Biopic
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

SANMON YAKUSHA Working
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Synopsis

Biopic of Japanese character actor Tajii Tonoyama, who appeared in some 250 films in a career that began in the 1950s. The includes clips of the real actor from his films as well as fictionalised scenes of his life played by Naoto Takenaka that include some details of his complicated love life.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - cast member
    
    Naoto Takenaka
  - cast member
    
    Keiko Oginome
  - cast member
    
    Hideko Yoshida
  - cast member
    
    Mitsuko Baisho
  - cast member
    
    Nobuko Otowa
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Kaneto Shindo
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Kindai Eiga Kyokai
  - Production Company
    
    Dragon Film International
  - Executive Producer
    
    Jiro Shindo
  - Producer
    
    Noriyasu Hiragata
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Kaneto Shindo
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Yoshiyuki Miyake
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Yukio Watanabe
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Shigemori Shigeta
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Hikaru Hayashi

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