Café Lumière
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
103 min
Release Date
2004-09-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
56
Vote Average
6.705
Yo Hitoto
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Tadanobu Asano
Hajime Takeuchi
Masato Hagiwara
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Kimiko Yo
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Yôko Hoshi
Keiichi Asada
Yukio Endô
Mikiko Kakizawa
Hiroko Kumada
Kikutarô Mitobe
Sumiko Mitobe
Masaru Motegi
Hiroko Ninomiya
Yasuko Ogata
Shigehiko Renjitsu
Mutsuko Shio
Fusako Urabe
Motoomi Yano
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