Yumeji

Yumeji (夢二, Yumeji) is a 1991 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki.^[1] It is a semi-faithful account of the life 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]

Yumeji
Directed by	Seijun Suzuki
Written by	Yōzō Tanaka
Produced by	Genjiro Arato
Starring	Kenji Sawada Tomoko Mariya Yoshio Harada
Cinematography	Junichi Fujisawa
Edited by	Akira Suzuki
Music by	Kaname Kawachi Shigeru Umebayashi
Distributed by	Cinema Placet Genjiro Amato Pictures
Release date	May 31, 1991 (1991-05-31)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.^[4]

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.