Ten Nights of Dream
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- Movie: Ten Nights of Dream
- Romaji: Yume juya
- Japanese: ユメ十夜
- Producer: Tsutomu Kuno, Hiroki Ota, Yutaka Tsunoda
- Release Date: January 27, 2007
- Runtime: 110 min
- Studio: Nikkatsu
- Distributor: Nikkatsu
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Ten nightmarish, surreal interpretations of novelist Natsume Soseki's Ten Nights of Dreams. Each director creates a unique vision – a 1904 noodle house manned by automatons, a giant tentacled pet, a techno-dancing master sculptor. With the absurd invading the mundane, subconscious creatures coming to life, malleable time and constant disorientation, the dreamworld manifests despite the characters’ perceptions of what appears to be reality.
Many of the shorts feature Soseki and are set in the same period as his career (1903-1916). The writer is portrayed as a troubled figure, haunted by the past, tortured by the present and adrift in the inevitability of fate.
A First Night of Dreams (Daiichiya)
- Director: Akio Jissoji
- Screenplay: Teruhiko Kuze
- Cinematography: Masao Nakabori
- Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
- Runtime: 11 min.
- Plot: The deceased director Akio Jissoji portrays the 100-year love between a husband and wife.
- Cast:
- Kyoko Koizumi - Tsugumi
- Suzuki Matsuo - Hyakken
- Tsuyoshi Ujiki
A Second Night of Dreams (Dainiya)
- Director: Kon Ichikawa
- Screenplay: Osamu Yanagiya
- Cinematography: Yukio Isohata
- Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
- Runtime:' 11 min.
- Plot: A samurai suffers to achieve enlightenment while being forced by a Zen Buddhist to do so ? ironically portrayed by the filmmaking giant Kon Ichikawa.
- Cast:
- Umenosuke Nakamura - Osho
- Tsuyoshi Ujiki - The Man
A Third Night of Dreams (Daisanya)
- Director: Takashi Shimizu
- Screenplay: Takashi Shimizu
- Cinematography: Tsukasa Tanabe
- Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
- Runtime: 11 min.
- Plot: Takashi Shimizu portrays a lunatic father wandering in a forest to abandon a blind infant.
- Cast:
- Keisuke Horibe - Soseki Natsume
- Yu Kashii - Kyoko
A Fourth Night of Dreams (Daiyonya)
- Director: Atsushi Shimizu
- Screenplay: Shinichi Itsume
- Cinematography: Atsuhiro Nabeshima
- Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
- Runtime: 11 min.
- Plot: A mysterious old man lures some children to an unknown world.
- Cast:
- Kohji Yamamoto - Soseki
- Rio Kanno - Haruka Hinata
- Mikako Ichikawa
A Fifth Night of Dreams (Daigoya)
- Director: Keisuke Toyoshima
- Screenplay: [[Keisuke Toyoshima]
- Cinematography: Shinya Kimura
- Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
- Runtime: 11 min.
- Plot: A woman whirls to her beloved man but is blocked by a monster.
- Cast:
- Mikako Ichikawa - Masako
- Koji Ookura - Shotaro
A Sixth Night of Dreams (Dairokuya)
- Director: Suzuki Matsuo
- Screenplay: Suzuki Matsuo
- Cinematography: Akihiro Okabayashi
- Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
- Runtime: 11 min.
- Plot: Some nerds gather to have a glimpse of a charismatic sculptor' s work.
- Cast:
- Sadao Abe - Soseki
- Tozawa - Unkei
- Yoshizumi Ishihara - Yoshizumi Ishihara
A Seventh Night of Dreams (Dainanaya)
- Director: Yoshitaka Amano, Shimmei Kawahara
- Screenplay: Shimmei Kawahara
- Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
- Runtime: 11 min.
- Plot: A man suffering from loneliness finally decides to commit suicide.
- Cast:'
- Sacha - Soseki
- Fumika Hidejima - Utsuro
A Eighth Night of Dreams (Daihachiya)
- Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita
- Screenplay: Kenichiro Nagao
- Cinematography: Isao Ishii
- Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
- Runtime: 11 min.
- Plot: The imaginary world in a novelist' s mind trying to write his next work is portrayed.
- Cast:
- Hiroshi Fujioka - Soseki
A Ninth Night of Dreams (Daikyuya)
- Director: Miwa Nishikawa
- Screenwriter: Miwa Nishikawa
- Cinematography: Takamitsu Suzuki
- Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
- Runtime: 11 min.
- Plot: A wife prays for the safety of her husband at warfront, but the husband is….
- Cast:
- Tamaki Ogawa - Mother
- Pierre Taki - Father
- Manami Honjou
A Tenth Night of Dreams (Daijuya)
- Director: Yudai Yamaguchi
- Screenplay: Yudai Yamaguchi
- Cinematography: Shu G. Momose
- Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
- Runtime: 11 min.
- Plot: The most handsome man in town who seriously considers that ugly women should all die ends up in a tragic situation.
- Cast:
- Ken'ichi Matsuyama - Shotaro
- Manami Honjou - Yshino
- Koji Ishizaka - Gennai Hiraga
Additional Cast Members
- Erika Toda - Girl in Prologue / Epilogue
- Sascha - Soseki
- Erika Terajima
- Takashi Kodama
- Satoshi Hakuzen - man pig
