John Luther Long, “Madame Butterfly”, 1898 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Café Lumière (珈琲時光, Kōhī Jikō) is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien.
INTRODUCTION.
Cafe Lumière was filmed entirely in Tokyo JAPAN. The largest city in the world was Tokyo, JAPAN in 1965 AD had 23 million people. The “skyline” of Tokyo is shown ABOVE, continues to grow today as the most populous city in the world.
Hajime Takeuchi is the protagonist, and is played by Tadanobu Asano (浅野 忠信). Hajime Takeuchi is an “audio recorder” in Tokyo JAPAN who recording sounds throughout the subway “chikatetsu” 地下鉄 (underground rail).
The story revolves around antagonist Yoko Inoue (井上 祐子) a pregnant woman in search of a cafe frequented by composer Chiang Wen-Yeh 江文也 (1910-1983) was a victim of circumstance throughout his life.
The Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics is what Chiang Wen-Yeh is known for, by his orchestral work, Formosan Dance (台灣舞曲), the 26-year-old Taiwanese composer became famous.
Yoko Inoue and Hajime Takeuchi get engaged, although Yoko is not pregnant by Hajime. Yoko Inoue tells her parents she is capable of raising the child and the story ends. 
Here I presented: Café Lumière (珈琲時光, Kōhī Jikō) 2003.
COMMENTS.
John Luther Long, “Madame Butterfly”, 1898 is the classic story of a Japanese woman pregnant by a foreign man. Yoko Inoue unlike “Butterfly” does not commit suicide; but, sets out to raise a child of a foreigner. Family members of composer Chiang Wen-Yeh have roles in the film; given the biopic realism to the movie
To me it is “chaotic” sounds of the subway that Tadanobu Asano (浅野 忠信) character Hajime records, give the sense of the life of Chiang Wen-Yeh during Japanese occupation of Taiwan.
