Café Lumière (2003)

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.

Directed by: Hou Hsiao-hsien

Cast: Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara, Kimiko Yo, Nenji Kobayashi, Yôko Hoshi, Keiichi Asada, Yukio Endô, Mikiko Kakizawa, Hiroko Kumada, Kikutarô Mitobe, Sumiko Mitobe

Genres: Drama

Rating: 6.7/10

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