Café Lumière (2004)
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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.
- Released: 2004-09-01
- Genres: Drama
- Runtime: 1h 43m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 70 votes
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Top cast
- Yo Hitoto as Yoko Inoue
- Tadanobu Asano as Hajime Takeuchi
- Masato Hagiwara as Seiji
- Kimiko Yo as Yoko's Stepmother
- Nenji Kobayashi as Yoko's Father
- Yôko Hoshi
- Keiichi Asada
- Yukio Endô
- Mikiko Kakizawa
- Hiroko Kumada
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