Yumeji

Yumeji (夢二) is a 1991 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. It is a semi-faithful account 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.

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

Other
"Yumeji's Theme", written by Shigeru Umebayashi, features prominently in Wong Kar-wai's 2000 film In the Mood for Love.