# Yumeji

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1991 Japanese film

Yumeji Film poster 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

***Yumeji*** ([Japanese](/source/Japanese_language): 夢二) is a 1991 [independent](/source/Independent_film) Japanese film directed by [Seijun Suzuki](/source/Seijun_Suzuki).[1] It is a semi-faithful account of the life of poet and painter [Takehisa Yumeji](/source/Takehisa_Yumeji).[2] It also forms the final part of Suzuki's Taishō *Roman Trilogy*, preceded by *[Zigeunerweisen](/source/Zigeunerweisen_(film))* (1980) and *[Kagero-za](/source/Kagero-za)* (1981), surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by style, themes and the [Taishō period](/source/Taish%C5%8D_period) (1912-1926) setting. All three were produced by [Genjiro Arato](/source/Genjiro_Arato).[3]

The film was screened in the [Un Certain Regard](/source/Un_Certain_Regard) section at the [1991 Cannes Film Festival](/source/1991_Cannes_Film_Festival).[4]

## Cast

- [Kenji Sawada](/source/Kenji_Sawada) as [Takehisa Yumeji](/source/Takehisa_Yumeji)

- [Tomoko Mariya](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomoko_Mariya&action=edit&redlink=1) as Tomoyo

- [Yoshio Harada](/source/Yoshio_Harada) as Sokichi Wakiya

- [Masumi Miyazaki](/source/Masumi_Miyazaki) as Hikono

- [Tamasaburo Bando](/source/Tamasaburo_Bando) as Gyoshu Inamura

- [Reona Hirota](/source/Reona_Hirota) as O-Yo

- [Chikako Miyagi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chikako_Miyagi&action=edit&redlink=1) as Wet-nurse

- [Kazuhiko Hasegawa](/source/Kazuhiko_Hasegawa) as Onimatsu

- [Michiyo Okusu](/source/Michiyo_Okusu) as Landlady

- [Akaji Maro](/source/Akaji_Maro) as Criminal [i.e. detective]

## Other

"Yumeji's Theme", written by [Shigeru Umebayashi](/source/Shigeru_Umebayashi), features prominently in [Wong Kar-wai](/source/Wong_Kar-wai)'s 2000 film *[In the Mood for Love](/source/In_the_Mood_for_Love)*.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["夢二とは"](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A4%A2%E4%BA%8C-757777). *kotobank* (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["夢二"](http://sp.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=26757&key_search=%E5%A4%A2%E4%BA%8C). [Kinema Junpo](/source/Kinema_Junpo). Retrieved 27 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["夢二"](http://www.littlemore.co.jp/seijun/yumeji). *リトルモア* (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-festival-cannes.com_4-0)** ["Festival de Cannes: Yumeji"](http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/134/year/1991.html). *festival-cannes.com*. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

## External links

- [*Yumeji*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103316/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- *[Yumeji](http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1991/do001090.htm)* (in Japanese) at the [Japanese Movie Database](/source/Japanese_Movie_Database)

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