Café Lumière
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French promotional poster for Café Lumière
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| Directed by | Hou Hsiao-Hsien |
| Produced by | Liao Ching-Song, Hideji Miyajima, Fumiko Osaka, Ichirô Yamamoto |
| Written by | Hou Hsiao-Hsien (screenplay), Chu T'ien-wen (screenplay) |
| Starring | Yo Hitoto Tadanobu Asano Masato Hagiwara Kimiko Yo Nenji Kobayashi |
| Music by | Yōsui Inoue |
| Cinematography | Mark Lee Ping Bin |
| Edited by | Liao Ching-Song |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Release dates
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2003 |
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Running time
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103 minutes |
| Country | Japan, Taiwan |
| Language | Japanese |
Café Lumière (珈琲時光 Kōhī Jikō?) is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien for Shochiku as homage to Yasujiro Ozu, with direct reference to the late director's Tokyo Story (1953). It premiered at a festival commemorating the centenary of Ozu's birth. It was nominated for a Golden Lion at the 2004 Venice Film Festival.
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Plot
The story revolves around Yoko Inoue (played by Yo Hitoto), a young Japanese woman doing research on Taiwanese composer Jiang Wen-Ye, whose work is featured on the soundtrack. The late composer's Japanese wife and daughter also make appearances as themselves.
Cast
- Yo Hitoto - Yoko Inoue (井上 陽子 Inoue Yōko)
- Tadanobu Asano - Hajime Takeuchi (竹内 肇 Takeuchi Hajime)
- Masato Hagiwara - Seiji
- Kimiko Yo - Yôko no keiba
- Nenji Kobayashi - Yôko no otôsan
Reception
Café Lumière was placed at 98 on Slant Magazine's best films of the 2000s.[1]
Notes
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Café Lumière at IMDb
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