2004
6.7 (55 votes)
1h 43m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Shochiku
3H Productions
Sumitomo Corporation
The Asahi Shimbun
Eisei Gekijo
IMAGICA
Shimensoka
3H Productions
Sumitomo Corporation
The Asahi Shimbun
Eisei Gekijo
IMAGICA
Shimensoka
Café Lumière (珈琲時光)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Director of Photography: Mark Lee Ping-Bing
Writer: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Chu Tien-wen
Producer: Ichiro Yamamoto, Liao Ching-Sung, Hideji Miyajima, Fumiko Osaka
Top Cast
Videos
Café Lumière Trailer
