Yumeji
Directed bySeijun Suzuki
Written byYōzō Tanaka
Produced byGenjiro Arato
StarringKenji Sawada
Tomoko Mariya
Yoshio Harada
CinematographyJunichi Fujisawa
Edited byAkira Suzuki
Music byKaname Kawachi
Shigeru Umebayashi
Distributed byCinema Placet
Genjiro Amato Pictures
Release date
  • May 31, 1991 (1991-05-31)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.[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

Other

"Yumeji's Theme", written by Shigeru Umebayashi, features prominently in Wong Kar-wai's 2000 film In the Mood for Love.

References

  1. "夢二とは". kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  2. "夢二". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. "夢二". リトルモア (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  4. "Festival de Cannes: Yumeji". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-12.


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