
In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist composer of the 1930s. She is pregnant by a man she does not want to marry and has found a kindred spirit in a used bookstore owner who aids her research.
Cast

Yo Hitoto
Yoko Inoue

Tadanobu Asano
Hajime Takeuchi

Masato Hagiwara
Seiji

Kimiko Yo
Yoko's Stepmother

Nenji Kobayashi
Yoko's Father

Yôko Hoshi
Unknown
Keiichi Asada
Unknown
Yukio Endô
Unknown
Mikiko Kakizawa
Unknown
Hiroko Kumada
Unknown
Kikutarô Mitobe
Unknown
Sumiko Mitobe
Unknown

Masaru Motegi
Unknown
Hiroko Ninomiya
Unknown
Yasuko Ogata
Unknown
Shigehiko Renjitsu
Unknown
Mutsuko Shio
Unknown

Fusako Urabe
Unknown
Motoomi Yano
Unknown
Crew

Hou Hsiao-hsien
Director, Writer

Chu Tien-Wen
Writer

Liao Ching-Sung
Editor, Producer

Mark Lee Ping-Bing
Director of Photography
Fumio Nomoto
Assistant Director
Ichiro Yamamoto
Producer
Hideji Miyajima
Producer
Fumiko Osaka
Producer
Nobuyuki Kajikawa
Line Producer
Toshiharu Aida
Production Design, Set Decoration
Kazumi Hoshino
Costume Design
Yôji Yamada
Costume Design
Kikuko Muramoto
Makeup Artist
Yuko Takamori
Makeup Artist

Tu Duu-Chih
Sound Designer
Yosui Inoue
Music, Songs
Tan Chi Liang
Gaffer
Yukio Kumagai
Title Designer



















