Café Lumière
2004•NR•1h 43m•6.7•Released
Drama
In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist composer of the 1930s. She is pregnant by a man she does not want to marry and has found a kindred spirit in a used bookstore owner who aids her research.
Director
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Writer
Hou Hsiao-hsien, Chu Tien-Wen
Languages
English, Japanese
Studio
Shochiku
Cast
Yo Hitoto
Yoko Inoue
Tadanobu Asano
Hajime Takeuchi
Masato Hagiwara
Seiji
Kimiko Yo
Yoko's Stepmother
Nenji Kobayashi
Yoko's Father
Yôko Hoshi
Keiichi Asada
Yukio Endô
Mikiko Kakizawa
Hiroko Kumada
Kikutarô Mitobe
Sumiko Mitobe
Masaru Motegi
Hiroko Ninomiya
Yasuko Ogata
Production
Company
Shochiku
Company
3H Productions
Company
Sumitomo Corporation
Company
The Asahi Shimbun
Company
Eisei Gekijo
Company
IMAGICA
Company
Shimensoka
Producer
Liao Ching-sung
Producer
Hideji Miyajima
Producer
Ichiro Yamamoto
Producer
Fumiko Osaka
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