Café Lumière
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Café Lumière is a 2003 Japanese-Taiwanese art-house drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien that quietly explores contemporary Tokyo life and personal relationships in homage to Yasujirō Ozu.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Café Lumière canonical | 4 |
| Cafe Lumiere | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9994982 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Café Lumière Context triple: [Tadanobu Asano, notableWork, Café Lumière]
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A.
Moulin de la Galette
Moulin de la Galette is a historic windmill and former dance hall in Paris’s Montmartre district, long celebrated as a lively social hub and a favorite subject of Impressionist painters.
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B.
Cité du Cinéma
Cité du Cinéma is a major film studio complex in Saint-Denis, near Paris, founded by director Luc Besson and used for large-scale international film productions.
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C.
Café de Flore
Café de Flore is a historic Parisian café renowned as a legendary meeting place for writers, philosophers, and artists, particularly associated with the intellectual life of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
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D.
Montreuil studio of Georges Méliès
The Montreuil studio of Georges Méliès was one of the earliest purpose-built film studios, where Méliès created many pioneering cinematic works that helped define narrative and special-effects filmmaking.
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E.
Odéon
Odéon is a historic Parisian theater and neighborhood hub in the 6th arrondissement, known for its cultural life, cafés, and proximity to the Latin Quarter.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Café Lumière Target entity description: Café Lumière is a 2003 Japanese-Taiwanese art-house drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien that quietly explores contemporary Tokyo life and personal relationships in homage to Yasujirō Ozu.
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A.
Moulin de la Galette
Moulin de la Galette is a historic windmill and former dance hall in Paris’s Montmartre district, long celebrated as a lively social hub and a favorite subject of Impressionist painters.
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B.
Cité du Cinéma
Cité du Cinéma is a major film studio complex in Saint-Denis, near Paris, founded by director Luc Besson and used for large-scale international film productions.
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C.
Café de Flore
Café de Flore is a historic Parisian café renowned as a legendary meeting place for writers, philosophers, and artists, particularly associated with the intellectual life of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
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D.
Montreuil studio of Georges Méliès
The Montreuil studio of Georges Méliès was one of the earliest purpose-built film studios, where Méliès created many pioneering cinematic works that helped define narrative and special-effects filmmaking.
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E.
Odéon
Odéon is a historic Parisian theater and neighborhood hub in the 6th arrondissement, known for its cultural life, cafés, and proximity to the Latin Quarter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art-house film
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film ⓘ |
| cinematicTradition | East Asian art cinema ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Japan
ⓘ
Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
|
| director | Hou Hsiao-hsien ⓘ |
| directorNationality | Taiwanese ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Tokyo ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
everyday life in urban Japan
ⓘ
family and generational relationships ⓘ |
| genre |
art-house drama
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasAlternateSpelling |
Cafe Lumiere
ⓘ
linked to:
Café Lumière
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| hasRuntimeApprox | 100 minutes ⓘ |
| homageTo | Yasujirō Ozu ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | quiet observational style ⓘ |
| notableFor | homage to the films of Yasujirō Ozu ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| productionType | Japanese-Taiwanese co-production ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 2000s films ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Tokyo ⓘ |
| styleComparedTo | Yasujirō Ozu’s minimalist style ⓘ |
| theme |
contemporary Tokyo life
ⓘ
personal relationships ⓘ |
| title | Café Lumière ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Café Lumière Description of subject: Café Lumière is a 2003 Japanese-Taiwanese art-house drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien that quietly explores contemporary Tokyo life and personal relationships in homage to Yasujirō Ozu.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Café Lumière