Café Lumière
Sep 01, 2004 | IMDB 6.7
103 min Watch NowDrama
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.
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IMDB 5.7 | Sep , 2006
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IMDB 7.2 | May , 2004
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IMDB 7.1 | Apr , 1995
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IMDB 6.2 | Apr , 1965
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IMDB 9 | Nov , 2022
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IMDB 0 | Nov , 2023
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IMDB 7.6 | Sep , 1949
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.Tokyo Decadence
IMDB 5.9 | Jan , 1992
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IMDB 0 | Mar , 1979
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IMDB 6.2 | Feb , 2002
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IMDB 7.2 | Feb , 1970
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IMDB 6.5 | Feb , 2008
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