Café Lumière (2003)
Kôhî jikô (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 48min
- Drama
- 11 Sep 2004 (Japan)
- Movie
The story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search of a cafe that was frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching.
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- 3 wins & 4 nominations.
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Yo Hitoto | ... |
Yôko
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| Tadanobu Asano | ... |
Hajime Takeuchi
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Masato Hagiwara | ... |
Seiji
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Yôko no keiba
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Nenji Kobayashi | ... |
Yôko no otôsan
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Keiichi Asada |
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Yukio Endô |
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Yôko Hoshi |
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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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Masaru Motegi |
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Hiroko Ninomiya |
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Yasuko Ogata |
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Shigehiko Renjitsu |
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Mutsuko Shio |
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Fusako Urabe |
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Motoomi Yano |
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Directed by
| Hsiao-Hsien Hou | ||
Written by
| Hsiao-Hsien Hou | ... | (screenplay) & |
| T'ien-wen Chu | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Nobuyuki Kajikawa | ... | line producer |
| Ching-Sung Liao | ... | producer |
| Hideji Miyajima | ... | producer |
| Fumiko Osaka | ... | producer |
| Ichirô Yamamoto | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Ping Bin Lee | ||
Editing by
| Ching-Sung Liao | ||
Editorial Department
| Ayumi Ishikawa | ... | negative cutter |
| Masaharu Oomi | ... | color timing |
Production Design by
| Toshiharu Aida | ||
Set Decoration by
| Toshiharu Aida | ||
Costume Design by
| Kazumi Hoshino | ||
| Yôji Yamada | ||
Makeup Department
| Kikuko Muramoto | ... | makeup artist |
| Yuko Takamori | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Tomomi Nishimura | ... | assistant production manager |
| Yoshimasa Ogawa | ... | assistant production manager |
| Minoru Takeoka | ... | executive in charge of production |
| Takashi Yoshida | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Fumio Nomoto | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Hikaru Takahashi | ... | set decorator assistant |
| Eriko Takai | ... | props |
Sound Department
| Duu-Chih Tu | ... | sound |
Visual Effects by
| Emi Yamagishi | ... | opticals |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Chi-liang Tan | ... | gaffer |
Music Department
| Yôsui Inoue | ... | composer: theme song "Hito-Shian" |
| Mami Takaishi | ... | music copyright |
Additional Crew
| Yukio Kumagai | ... | title designer |
| Atsushi Naito | ... | judicial advisor |
| Jun Takeuchi | ... | archivist |
| Naoko Yoshida | ... | advertising |
Production Companies
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Other Companies
- 3H Productions (production cooperation)
- Lightway Development (production service)
- Shimen Soka (production cooperation)
- Shinshû Ueda Film Commission (film commission)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Shochiku Studio of Japan commissioned several directors to create films reflecting on the themes of Ozu Yasujiro on the centenary of the director's birth. Here we find Inoue Yoko, an apparently single young woman who is pregnant, searching for a small cafe that was often visited by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching. She herself is back from Taiwan and receiving help from a book store clerk, but she first has to contend with the her own reality which includes her parents. Written by aghaemi |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Ten days were spent to catch the famous sequence with the two main characters in the same take but on different trains. Each day there was only a three hour window where the trains crossed in this way. See more » |
| Soundtracks | Maggio Suite See more » |