Ten Nights of Dreams

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name = Ten Nights of Dreams
title_orig = 夢十夜 (Yume jūya)
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author = Natsume Sōseki
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country = Japan
language = Japanese
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genre = Short Story
publisher = Asahi Shimbun
release_date = 1908
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nihongo|Ten Nights of Dreams|夢十夜|Yume jūya or Ten Nights' Dreams is a series of short stories by Natsume Sōseki. It was serialized in the Asahi Shimbun from July 25 to August 5, 1908.

Sōseki composed ten strange dreams set in various time periods beginning with his contemporary time (the Meiji period) and including dreams set in the age of the gods, the Kamakura period, and 100 years in the future. The series begins with the phrase "I had a dream like this." (こんな夢を見た "Konna yume o mita").

Film Adaptation

A Japanese film called "Yume Jūya" premiered in 2007. The film is a collection of 10 vignettes produced by the collaboration of 11 directors (two worked together) ranging from industry veterans to novices. The movie will be released by Cinema Epoch in October 2008.

;The First DreamDirector:Akio Jissoji　Screenwriter：Kuze Teruhiko
Stars：Kyoko Koizumi, Matsuo Suzuki, and Minori Terada

;The Second DreamDirector：Kon Ichikawa　
Screenwriter：Kokuji Yanagi
Stars：Tsuyoshi Ujiki and　Nakamura Umenosuke

;The Third DreamDirector: Takashi Shimizu
Stars: Keisuke Horibe and Yuu Kashii

;The Fourth DreamDirector: Atsushi Shimizu
Screenwriter: Shin'ichi Inotsume
Stars: Koji Yamamoto and Toru Shinagawa

;The Fifth DreamDirector & Screenwriter: Keisuke Toyoshima
Stars: Mikako Ichikawa and Koji Ōkura

;The Sixth DreamDirector & Screenwriter: Matsuo Suzuki
Stars: Sadao Abe, TOZAWA and Yoshizumi Ishihara

;The Seventh DreamDirectors: Yoshitaka Amano and Masaaki Kawahara
Stars: Sascha and Fumika Hideshima

;The Eighth DreamDirector: Nobuhiro Yamashita
Screenwriter: Ken'ichiro Nagao
Stars: Hiroshi Fujioka and Hiroshi Yamamoto

;The Ninth DreamDirector & Screenwriter: Miwa Nishikawa
Stars: Tamaki Ogawa and Pierre Taki

;The Tenth DreamDirector: Yuudai Yamaguchi
Screenwriters: Yuudai Yamaguchi and Junya Katō
Character Design: MAN☆GATARO
Stars: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Manami Honjō, Kōji Ishizaka, and Yasuda Dai Circus

;Prologue and EpilogueDirector: Atsushi Shimizu
Stars: Erika Toda

ee also

*Dreams(1990), a film by Akira Kurosawa

External links

* [http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000148/files/799_14972.html "Yume jūya" in Japanese] using modern orthography
* [http://www.yume-juya.jp Official site of 2007 film] (in Japanese - website misspelling corrected)