Artist Yumeji has gained fame and recognition for his skills at painting as well as notoriety for his untamed lifestyle. Despite his betrothal to a beautiful and timid young woman of high birth, his libido turns to his many female models. Despite this freedom from constraint, his lust and artistic sentiment cause him nothing but an increasing awareness of the elusive embodiment of true Beauty. While traveling he encounters a mesmerizing widow who relentlessly searches for her husband's body in the nearby lake, believing him killed at the hands of a ferocious roaming bandit. Infatuated with her beauty, he feigns to help her look for the corpse, only to unlock the mystery himself thereby sending him to further depths of debauchery and despair. This is the third and final film in director Suzuki Seijun's critically acclaimed Taisho Trilogy.
Credits
Yumeji Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Kenji Sawada
He was 42, now 75 years old
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as Yumeji Takehisa |
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Yoshio Harada
He was 51, 71 years old when he died
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as Wakiya |
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Reona Hirota
She was 28, now 61 years old
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as Oyo |
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Masumi Miyazaki
She was 23, now 56 years old
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as Hikono |
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Akaji Maro
He was 48, now 81 years old
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as Criminal |
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Kazuhiko Hasegawa
He was 45, now 78 years old
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as Onimatsu |
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Michiyo Ookusu
She was 45, now 78 years old
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as Landlady |
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Tomoko Mariya
She was 31, now 64 years old
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as Tomoyo Wakiya |
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Tamasaburo Bando
He was 41, now 74 years old
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as Onshu Inamura |
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Kimiko Yo
She was 35, now 67 years old
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as Jiro |
Yumeji Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Umebayashi Shigeru as Original Music Composer. He was 40 (now 73) years old
|
Sound |
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Akira Suzuki as Editor. He was 60 (83) years old when He died
|
Editing |
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Seijun Suzuki as Director. He was 68 (93) years old when He died
|
Directing |
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Junichi Fujisawa as Director of Photography. |
Camera |
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Yozo Tanaka as Writer. He was 52 (now 84) years old
|
Writing |
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Noriyoshi Ikeya as Production Design. He was 50 (76) years old when He died
|
Art |
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Genjiro Arato as Executive Producer. He was 44 (now 77) years old
|
Production |
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Nobuyoshi Araki as Still Photographer. He was 51 (now 83) years old
|
Camera |
