Café Lumière
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 French promotional poster for Café Lumière |
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| Directed by | Hou Hsiao-Hsien |
| Produced by | Liao Ching-Song, Miyajima Hideji, Osaka Fumiko, Yamamoto Ichirô |
| Written by | Hou Hsiao-Hsien (screenplay), Chu T'ien-wen (screenplay) |
| Starring | Hitoto Yo Asano Tadanobu Hagiwara Masato Yo Kimiko Kobayashi Nenji |
| Music by | Inoue Yousui |
| Cinematography | Mark Lee Ping Bin |
| Editing by | Liao Ching-Song |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
| Release date(s) | 2003 |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Japan, Taiwan |
| Language | Japanese |
Café Lumière (珈琲時光 Kōhī Jikō) is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien for Shochiku as homage to Yasujiro 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[citation needed] hailed the film, reminiscent of Ozu's work, as an artistically significant step for Hou, and it was nominated for a Golden Lion at the 2004 Venice Film Festival.
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[edit] Plot
The story revolves around a young Japanese woman (played by Hitoto Yo) doing research on Taiwanese composer Jiang Wen-Ye, whose work is featured on the soundtrack. The late composer's Japanese wife and daughter also make appearances as themselves.
[edit] Reception
Café Lumière was placed at 98 on Slant Magazine's best films of the 2000s.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Best of the Aughts: Film". Slant Magazine. http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/feature/best-of-the-aughts-film/216/page_1. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
[edit] External links
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