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Released
2004 · FILM

Café Lumière

Directed by
Runtime
103 min
Language
JA
Drama

Synopsis

Set in a modern Tokyo that reflects on its vanishing history, Yoko is a writer researching the life of a modernist composer from the 1930s. She is pregnant with the child of a man she has no desire to marry and has found a fellow confidant in a used bookstore owner who assists her in her research.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Ching Sung LiaoShot by Ping Bin LeeDesigned by Toshiharu Aida

Also known as

  • Cafe Lumierede
  • Café Lumièreen
  • café Lumièrefr

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