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| Café Lumière |
French promotional poster for Café Lumière |
| Directed by |
Hou Hsiao-Hsien |
| Produced by |
Ching-Song Liao, Hideji Miyajima, Fumiko Osaka, Ichirô Yamamoto |
| Written by |
Hou Hsiao-Hsien (screenplay), T'ien-wen Chu (screenplay) |
| Starring |
Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara, Kimiko Yo, Nenji Kobayashi, |
| Music by |
Yousui Inoue |
| Cinematography |
Pin Bing Lee |
| Editing by |
Ching-Song Liao |
| Release date(s) |
2003 |
| Running time |
103 min. |
| Country |
Japan, Taiwan |
| Language |
Japanese |
| IMDb profile |
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 master's Tokyo Story (1953). It premiered at a festival commemorating the centenary of Ozu's birth. Many critics hailed the film reminiscent of Ozu's works as an artistically significant step for Hou, and it was nominated for a Golden Lion at the 2004 Venice Film Festival.
The story revolves around a young Japanese woman (played by Yo Hitoto) 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.
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