29 Apr 2009
Sister Smile
A biography of the Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and struggled with the contradiction between the church and her true self.
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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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竹中直人 Taiji Tonoyama
荻野目慶子 Kimie
吉田日出子 Taiji's wife
乙羽信子 Okaji
緋田康人 Kei Satō
Kagetora Miura Kei Yamamoto
広岡由里子 Yoshiko
Yûki Suzuki Young Yoshiko
笠原秀幸 Yasuo
波乃久里子 Liquor Store Housewife
倍賞美津子 
塩野谷正幸 
渡辺とく子 
江角英明 
田中要次 
Natsuko Fuji 嶋崎伸夫 
大森南朋 
鈴木卓爾 芹沢礼多
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