Yumeji
| 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 |
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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. 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.