- Café Lumière
Infobox Film
name = Café Lumière
caption = French promotional poster for "Café Lumière" deletable image-caption
director =Hou Hsiao-Hsien
producer =Ching-Song Liao ,Hideji Miyajima ,Fumiko Osaka ,Ichirô Yamamoto
writer =Hou Hsiao-Hsien (screenplay),T'ien-wen Chu (screenplay)
starring =Yo Hitoto ,Tadanobu Asano ,Masato Hagiwara ,Kimiko Yo ,Nenji Kobayashi ,
music =Yousui Inoue
cinematography =Pin Bing Lee
editing =Ching-Song Liao
distributor =
released =2003
runtime = 103 min.
country =Japan ,Taiwan
language = Japanese
budget =
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imdb_id = 0412596nihongo|"Café Lumière"|珈琲時光|Kōhī Jikō is a
2003 Japanese film directed by Taiwanese directorHou Hsiao-Hsien forShochiku as homage toYasujiro 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 the2004 Venice Film Festival .Plot
The story revolves around a young Japanese woman (played by
Yo Hitoto ) doing research on Taiwanese composerJiang Wen-Ye , whose work is featured on the soundtrack. The late composer's Japanese wife and daughter also make appearances as themselves.External links
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