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2003
1h 48m
6.8IMDb
90%Rotten Tomatoes
80Metascore

Drama

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What it's about

Shochiku Studio of Japan commissioned several directors to create films reflecting on the themes of Ozu Yasujiro on the centenary of the director's birth. Here we find Inoue Yoko, an apparently single young woman who is pregnant, searching for a small cafe that was often visited by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching. She herself is back from Taiwan and receiving help from a book store clerk, but she first has to contend with the her own reality which includes her parents.

Cast and crew

Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Writer: Hsiao-Hsien Hou, T'ien-wen Chu
Starring: Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara

Details

Release date: Sep 11, 2004
Language: Japanese, English
Country: Japan, Taiwan
Awards: 3 wins & 4 nominations