Taiwan Café Lumière is a Taiwan–Japan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
珈琲時光
Making her way through life by forming superficial relationships, Yoko keeps everyone at arm's length, whether it's her father and stepmother or Hajime, the owner of a small bookstore who could be the father of her unborn child. Yoko seems most at home when she's riding the train, speeding around the city with only her thoughts to entertain her.
Taiwan × Japan Co-Production
Other Taiwan×Japan titles
Other Titles From Shochiku
The 2000s Taiwan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Taiwan, 31 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Café Lumière premiered alongside 1 others.
Position in Catalog
The 53rd Taiwan title from Taiwan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1972).
Our Taiwan catalog contains 174 titles in total (149 films).
Audience Engagement
47 audience reviews — more than 77% of Taiwan films in our index.
Review volume (77th percentile) outruns trending popularity (44th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #81 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Taiwan Drama productions specifically: #64 of 118 (top 54%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Taiwan, Japan |
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shochiku |
| Runtime | 1h 43m |
| Release Date | September 1, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0412596 |