Yumeji
1991 Japanese film
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Yumeji (夢二, Yumeji) is a 1991 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki.[1] It is a semi-faithful account of the life 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]
Directed bySeijun Suzuki
Written byYōzō Tanaka
Produced byGenjiro Arato
StarringKenji Sawada
Tomoko Mariya
Yoshio Harada
Tomoko Mariya
Yoshio Harada
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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 |
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
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
- Akaji Maro as Criminal [i.e. detective]
Other
"Yumeji's Theme", written by Shigeru Umebayashi, features prominently in Wong Kar-wai's 2000 film In the Mood for Love.
