Café Lumière

20041h 43min

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.

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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.

Released
September 1, 2004
Runtime
1h 43min
Director
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Genre
Drama
Language
Japanese
Production
Shochiku, 3H Productions, Sumitomo Corporation, The Asahi Shimbun, Eisei Gekijo, IMAGICA, Shimensoka
Cast
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