Poster for the movie Café Lumière

Café Lumière

2004 • 103 minutes
Drama

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.

Picture of Yo Hitoto

Yo Hitoto

Yoko Inoue

Picture of Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Hajime Takeuchi

Picture of Masato Hagiwara

Masato Hagiwara

Seiji

Picture of Kimiko Yo

Kimiko Yo

Yoko's Stepmother

Picture of Nenji Kobayashi

Nenji Kobayashi

Yoko's Father

Picture of Yôko Hoshi

Yôko Hoshi

Picture of Keiichi Asada

Keiichi Asada

Picture of Yukio Endô

Yukio Endô

Picture of Mikiko Kakizawa

Mikiko Kakizawa

Picture of Hiroko Kumada

Hiroko Kumada

Picture of Kikutarô Mitobe

Kikutarô Mitobe

Picture of Sumiko Mitobe

Sumiko Mitobe

Picture of Masaru Motegi

Masaru Motegi

Picture of Hiroko​ Ninomiya

Hiroko​ Ninomiya

Picture of Yasuko Ogata

Yasuko Ogata

Picture of Shigehiko Renjitsu

Shigehiko Renjitsu

Picture of Mutsuko Shio

Mutsuko Shio

Picture of Fusako Urabe

Fusako Urabe

Picture of Motoomi Yano

Motoomi Yano