Yumeji
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Yumeji(夢二, Yumeji) is a 1991 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. It is a semi-faithful account of the life 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.
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
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.
External links
- at IMDb
- (in Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database