Café Lumière
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.
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Cast
19 people
Yo Hitoto
Yoko Inoue
Also in
For Love's Sake
Hana's Miso Soup
Tadanobu Asano
Hajime Takeuchi
Known for
Shōgun
Thor: The Dark World
Masato Hagiwara
Seiji
Known for
Cure
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Kimiko Yo
Yoko's Stepmother
Known for
Departures
Sanctuary
Nenji Kobayashi
Yoko's Father
Known for
The Twilight Samurai
The Ballad of Narayama
Yôko Hoshi
Also in
I Am an S+M Writer
Seven Star Fighting God Guyferd
Keiichi Asada
Also in
Detective Conan: The Mystery of the Legendary Monster Bird
CONFLICT III
Yukio Endô
Mikiko Kakizawa
Hiroko Kumada
Kikutarô Mitobe
Sumiko Mitobe
Hou Hsiao-hsien Director · Chu Tien-wen Writer Mark Lee Ping-Bing Cinematographer
United States release December 27, 2005 · Produced in Japan, Taiwan · Languages English, Japanese
Production
Shochiku
Production
3H Productions
Production
Sumitomo Corporation
Production
The Asahi Shimbun
Production
Eisei Gekijo
Production
IMAGICA
Production
Shimensoka
Production
Japan · Taiwan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
珈琲時光
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 10, 2003
Premiere · Ozu 100 Memorial
Japan · September 1, 2004
Theatrical
United States · December 27, 2005
Physical · DVD
United States
October 16, 2004 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
Czechia
December 1, 2006 · Premiere · Filmasia Film Festival
France
December 8, 2004 · Theatrical
December 20, 2004 · Physical
Italy
September 2, 2004 · Premiere · Venice International Film Festival
South Korea
October 20, 2005 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 19, 2005 · Physical · DVD
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