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Aug 10, 2022 · The best way to describe the plot of Café Lumiere is to see the film is to pretend that you happen to be briefly passing by our protagonist, Yoko (in fact, even the word ‘protagonist’ is questionable since Hou allows Yoko to blend into the crowd at various points throughout the film).
Oct 14, 2004 · by Nick Schager. October 14, 2004. Inspired by the centenary of Japanese master filmmaker Yasujirô Ozu’s birth, Hou Hsiao-hsien’s poetic Café Lumière charts the uneasy maturation of a Japanese reporter named Yoko (Yo Hitoto) as she researches an article on real-life Taiwanese musician Jiang Wenye and copes with an unexpected pregnancy ...
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Café Lumière is: the story of Yōko, a young Japanese woman researching the life and work of a Taiwanese composer (Jiang Wen‐ye). When not working she spends time with a friend, Hajime, who records the sounds of Japan’s trains and railways and who runs a bookstore.
Jun 10, 2005 · "Café Lumière," which takes place in Tokyo, might be described as an étude suggested by the themes and methods of Ozu's "Tokyo Story" (1953).
Dec 2, 2005 · By. Ted Fry. “Cafe Lumiere” explicitly billed itself as an homage to the late Japanese auteur Yasujiro Ozu in honor of his 100th birthday in 2004. But this beautiful film by Taiwanese...
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Sep 3, 2019 · 5. Café Lumière – 2003 Hsiao-Hsien Hou. A near-staggering achievement of mise-en-scene that serves both as a devoted homage to Ozu and as a major triumph for Hsiao-Hsien Hou. Before the film really starts there’s a dedication to Ozu’s centenarian 100 year old celebration.
Cafe Lumiere | The New Yorker. Movies. Café Lumière. In the director Hou Hsiao-hsien’s atmospheric drama, from 2003, Yoko (Yo Hitoto), a young Japanese woman with a curious yet reserved...
