Café Lumière
Trailer: Café Lumière
Year: 2004
Genre: Drama
Studio: Shochiku, 3H Productions, Sumitomo Corporation, The Asahi Shimbun, Eisei Gekijo, IMAGICA, Shimensoka
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Cast: Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara, Kimiko Yo, Nenji Kobayashi, Yôko Hoshi
Crew: Hou Hsiao-hsien (Director), Mark Lee Ping-Bing (Director of Photography), Hou Hsiao-hsien (Writer), Chu Tien-Wen (Writer), Liao Ching-sung (Producer), Hideji Miyajima (Producer)
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