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Café Lumière

★ 6.9 / 10 (69 votes)September 1, 2004103 minJA
Drama

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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Movie facts

Release dateSeptember 1, 2004
StatusReleased
Runtime103 min
Rating★ 6.9 / 10
Certification—
Original languageEnglish, Japanese
CountryJapan, Taiwan
Budget—
Revenue—
ProductionShochiku, 3H Productions, Sumitomo Corporation, The Asahi Shimbun, Eisei Gekijo, IMAGICA, Shimensoka
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Crew

Director

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Writers

Hou Hsiao-hsien, Chu Tien-Wen

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Cast

Yo HitotoYo HitotoYoko Inoue
Tadanobu AsanoTadanobu AsanoHajime Takeuchi
Masato HagiwaraMasato HagiwaraSeiji
Kimiko YoKimiko YoYoko's Stepmother
Nenji KobayashiNenji KobayashiYoko's Father
Yôko HoshiYôko Hoshi
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Keiichi Asada
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Yukio Endô
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Mikiko Kakizawa
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Hiroko Kumada
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Kikutarô Mitobe
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Sumiko Mitobe
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