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.

Naoto Takenaka
as Taiji Tonoyama

Keiko Oginome
as Kimie

Hideko Yoshida
as Taiji's wife

Nobuko Otowa
as Okaji

Yasuhito Hida
as Kei Satō

Kagetora Miura
as Kei Yamamoto

Yuriko Hirooka
as Yoshiko

Yûki Suzuki
as Young Yoshiko

Hideyuki Kasahara
as Yasuo

Kuriko Namino
as Liquor Store Housewife