Yumeji
Yumeji (夢二, Yumeji) is a 1991 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki.[1] It is a semi-fictional account of poet and painter Takehisa Yumeji. It also forms the final part of Suzuki's Taishō Roman Trilogy, preceded by Zigeunerweisen (1980) and Kagero-za (1981), surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by style, themes and the Taishō period (1912-1926) setting. All three were produced by Genjiro Arato.[2]
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| Directed by | Seijun Suzuki |
| Produced by | Genjiro Arato |
| Written by | Yōzō Tanaka |
| Starring | Kenji Sawada Tomoko Mariya Yoshio Harada |
| Music by | Kaname Kawachi Shigeru Umebayashi |
| Cinematography | Junichi Fujisawa |
| Edited by | Akira Suzuki |
| Distributed by | Cinema Placet Genjiro Amato Pictures |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
Cast
- Kenji Sawada as Takehisa Yumeji
- Tomoko Mariya as Tomoyo
- Yoshio Harada as Sokichi Wakiya
- Masumi Miyazaki as Hikono
- Tamasaburo Bando as Gyoshu Inamura
- Reona Hirota as O-Yo
- Chikako Miyagi as Wet-nurse
- Kazuhiko Hasegawa as Onimatsu
- Michiyo Okusu as Landlady
Other
"Yumeji's Theme", written by Shigeru Umebayashi, features prominently in Wong Kar-Wai's 2000 film, In the Mood for Love.
References
- "夢二とは". kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- "夢二". リトルモア (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- "Festival de Cannes: Yumeji". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
External links
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