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Yumeji

夢二

Japanese • 1991 • 2h 8m

This film is not currently available on the Criterion Channel

Director

Seijun Suzuki

Synopsis

Following the life of Japanese artist and poet Yumeji Takehisa through the imagining of an encounter with a beautiful widow with a dark past.

Included in
May 2023
Position 60
Included in
Seijun Suzuki: The Chaos of Cool
Position 14

Credits

Crew

DirectorSeijun Suzuki

WriterYōzō Tanaka

CinematographerJunichi Fujisawa

ComposerShigeru Umebayashi, Kaname Kawachi

EditorAkira Suzuki

Cast

Kenji Sawadaas Yumeji Takehisa

Yoshio Haradaas Wakiya

Tomoko Mariyaas Tomoyo Wakiya

Masumi Miyazakias Hikono

Tamasaburō Bandō V

as Onshu Inamura

Kazuhiko Hasegawaas Onimatsu

Léona Hirotaas Oyo

Akaji Maroas Criminal

Kimiko Yoas Jiro

Chikako Miyagias Nanny

Motomi Makiguchias Caretaker

Michiyo Yasudaas Owner of a Hotel