Yumeji (Japanese: 夢二) 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.
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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.