Senin, 18 Mei 2009

Ten Nights of Dreams by Natsume Soseki

Ten Nights of Dreams (夢十夜 Yume jūya) or Ten Nights' Dreams is a series of short stories by Natsume Soseki. It was serialized in the Asahi Shimbun from July 25 to August 5, 1908.

Sōseki composed ten strange dreams set in various time periods beginning with his contemporary time (the Meiji period) and including dreams set in the age of the gods, the Kamakura period, and 100 years in the future. The series begins with the phrase "I had a dream like this." (こんな夢を見た Konna yume o mita)

movie adapted

A Japanese film called Yume Jūya premiered in 2007. The film is a collection of 10 vignettes produced by the collaboration of 11 directors (two worked together) ranging from industry veterans to novices. The movie has been released by Cinema Epoch in October 2008.


The First Dream

Director:Akio Jissoji  Screenwriter:Kuze Teruhiko
Stars:Kyōko Koizumi, Matsuo Suzuki, and Minori Terada


The Second Dream

Director:Kon Ichikawa 
Screenwriter:Kokuji Yanagi
Stars:Tsuyoshi Ujiki and Nakamura Umenosuke


The Third Dream

Director: Takashi Shimizu
Stars: Keisuke Horibe and Yuu Kashii


The Fourth Dream

Director: Atsushi Shimizu
Screenwriter: Shin'ichi Inotsume
Stars: Koji Yamamoto and Toru Shinagawa


The Fifth Dream

Director & Screenwriter: Keisuke Toyoshima
Stars: Mikako Ichikawa and Koji Ōkura


The Sixth Dream

Director & Screenwriter: Matsuo Suzuki
Stars: Sadao Abe, TOZAWA and Yoshizumi Ishihara


The Seventh Dream

Directors: Yoshitaka Amano and Masaaki Kawahara
Stars: Sascha and Fumika Hideshima


The Eighth Dream

Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita
Screenwriter: Ken'ichiro Nagao
Stars: Hiroshi Fujioka and Hiroshi Yamamoto


The Ninth Dream

Director & Screenwriter: Miwa Nishikawa
Stars: Tamaki Ogawa and Pierre Taki


The Tenth Dream

Director: Yuudai Yamaguchi
Screenwriters: Yuudai Yamaguchi and Junya Katō
Character Design: MAN☆GATARO
Stars: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Manami Honjō, Kōji Ishizaka, and Yasuda Dai Circus


Prologue and Epilogue
Director: Atsushi Shimizu
Stars: Erika Toda

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