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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.
- Genre: Omnibus / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
- 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)
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
- Yuta Koseki - Soseki Natsume (young)
A Fourth Night of Dreams (Daiyonya)
A Fifth Night of Dreams (Daigoya)
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:
- Sadawo Abe - Soseki
- Tozawa - Unkei
- Yoshizumi Ishihara - Yoshizumi Ishihara
A Seventh Night of Dreams (Dainanaya)
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)
A Tenth Night of Dreams (Daijuya)
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