Yumeji | |
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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 |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Yumeji (夢二, Yumeji) is a 1991 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki.[1] It is a semi-faithful 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]