CinemaOSMovie · 2004 · 1h 43m · NR

Café Lumière

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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.

Directed byHou Hsiao-hsien

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 43m
Language
JA
Released
September 1, 2004
Studios
ShochikuSumitomo CorporationThe Asahi Shimbun

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Café Lumière (2003) ORIGINAL TRAILER

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Yo Hitoto

Yo Hitoto

Yoko Inoue

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Hajime Takeuchi

Masato Hagiwara

Masato Hagiwara

Seiji

Kimiko Yo

Kimiko Yo

Yoko's Stepmother

Nenji Kobayashi

Nenji Kobayashi

Yoko's Father

Yôko Hoshi

Yôko Hoshi

Keiichi Asada

Yukio Endô

Mikiko Kakizawa

Hiroko Kumada

Creative team
Directed by
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Written by
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Chu Tien-Wen
Chu Tien-Wen
Produced by
Ichiro Yamamoto
Liao Ching-sung
Liao Ching-sung

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