Kôhî jikô

Name: Kôhî jikô
Genre: Drama
Released: 2004-09-11
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara

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1h 48m

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6.8/10

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Drama

The story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search of a cafe that was frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching.The story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search of a cafe that was frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching.The story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search of a cafe that was frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching.

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

3.2K

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POPULARITY

60,603

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Director
- Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Writers
- Hsiao-Hsien Hou(screenplay)
- T'ien-wen Chu(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations

Trivia
The film was first conceived as a three-part anthology film, each segment directed by a different person, to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great Japanese director Yasujirô Ozu. However, the other two directors dropped out before filming started, and Hou decided to make the entire film himself.

Soundtracks
Maggio Suite
Composed by Wen Ye Jiang
Performed by J. Y. Song

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10/10

Another masterpiece from Hou Hsiao-hsien

Hou Hsiao-hsien's previous film, "Millennium Mambo," was filled with pulsating colors and rhythms - "Cafe Lumiere," on the other hand, offers us classical piano music, bookshops, and trains... lots of trains.

To me, the plot, and in some way the characters, seemed very fluid - you never knew where the film was leading you, and (as in many of Hou's films) it's left up to you to form your own opinion about the characters.

"Cafe Lumiere" is a very languid, soothing film, filled with marvelous images and memorable vignettes. It is not a good place for a newcomer to Hou's films to start (try "Mambo" for that), and not a good film for the impatient. However, if you approach it in the right frame of mind, you will find yourself somehow transported into another person's life for a couple of hours, and come out with the film rattling around your subconscious for days afterward.

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