Yumeji
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| Directed by | Seijun Suzuki |
| Written by | Yōzō Tanaka |
| Produced by | Genjiro Arato |
| Starring | Kenji Sawada Tomoko Mariya Yoshio Harada |
| Cinematography | Junichi Fujisawa |
| Edited by | Akira Suzuki |
| Music by | Kaname Kawachi Shigeru Umebayashi |
| Distributed by | Cinema Placet Genjiro Amato Pictures |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Yumeji (夢二, Yumeji) is a 1991 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki.[1] It is a semi-faithful account of poet and painter Takehisa Yumeji.[2] 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.[3]
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
Cast
[edit]- 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
[edit]"Yumeji's Theme", written by Shigeru Umebayashi, features prominently in Wong Kar-wai's 2000 film In the Mood for Love.
References
[edit]- ^ "夢二とは". kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "夢二". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "夢二". リトルモア (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Yumeji". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
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