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Café Lumière (2004)

Café Lumière (2004)

Drama
Release Date: 2004, September 1
Directors: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Countries: Japan, Taiwan
Production: Shochiku, 3H Productions, Sumitomo Corporation, The Asahi Shimbun, Eisei Gekijo, IMAGICA, Shimensoka
Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Kimiko Yo, Masato Hagiwara, Nenji Kobayashi, Yo Hitoto

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

japan train cafe urban life