Cafe Lumiere
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Yo Hititio
Tadanobu Asano
Masato Hagiwara
Kimiko Yo
Nenji Kobayshi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
2003, Tokyo. A part of a residential neighborhood where the tramcars still run. Freelance writer Yoko has just returned from Taiwan the previous night. Before returning to her home in Takasaki, she decides to visit the second-hand bookstore in Jimbocho owned by Hajime, who has taken on the running of the store from his father. Yoko starts to evaluate her life, and consider her family and the new life growing inside her.
Director
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Crew
Tashiharu Aida
Liao Ching-song
Liao Ching-song
Tu Duu-chih
Kazumi Hoshino
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Mark Lee
Hideshi Miyajima
Fumiko Osaka
Chu T'ien-wen
Chu T'ien-wen
Jiang Wen-ye
Yoji Yamada
Ichiro Yamamoto
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States October 2004
Released in United States on Video December 27, 2005
Released in United States September 2004
Released in United States Summer June 10, 2005
Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 2004.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) September 1-11, 2004.
Released in United States Summer June 10, 2005
Released in United States September 2004 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) September 1-11, 2004.)
Released in United States October 2004 (Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 2004.)
Released in United States on Video December 27, 2005
