| Café Lumière | |
|---|---|
 Japanese DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Hsiao-hsien Hou |
| Produced by | Ching-Song Liao Hideji Miyajima Fumiko Osaka Ichiro Yamamoto |
| Written by | Hsiao-hsien Hou T'ien-wen Chu |
| Cinematography | Pin Bing Lee |
| Editing by | Ching-Song Liao |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
| Released | December 10, 2003 |
| Running time | 103 min. |
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| JMDb profile | |
Café Lumière (珈琲時光 Kohi jiko) is a 2003 Japanese film directed by taiwanese director Hsiao-Hsien Hou. The film was meant as an homage to the iconic director Yasujirō Ozu.
Synopsis[]
Café Lumière (珈琲時光, Kōhī Jikō) is a story revolving around a young woman named Yoko (Yo Hitoto) doing research on a Taiwanese composer. Yoko's friend Hajime (Tadanobu Asano) works in a bookshop and enjoys creating audio recordings. Yoko travels home to tidy up a family grave and tells her stepmother she is pregnant. The future father of the child is her Taiwanese boyfriend whom her stepmother has concerns about. Yoko's father doesn't seem to pleased and seems to ignore her most of the time. Yoko plans on raising the child by herself. Throughout the story Yoko encounters different people connected to the Taiwanese composer she is doing research on and even meets with the widow of this composer.
Cast[]
- Yo Hitoto ... Yoko
- Tadanobu Asano ... Hajime Takeuchi
- Masato Hagiwara ... Seiji
- Kimiko Yo ... Yoko no keiba
- Nenji Kobayashi ... Yoko no otôsan
External links[]
- Café Lumière at Wikipedia