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Need to watch 'Café Lumière' in the comfort of your own home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Hou Hsiao-hsien-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'Café Lumière' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'Café Lumière' right now, here are some details about the Shochiku, 3H Productions, Sumitomo Corporation, The Asahi Shimbun, Eisei Gekijo, IMAGICA, Shimensoka drama flick.

Released December 27th, 2005, 'Café Lumière' stars Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara, Kimiko Yo The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a user score of 68 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 51 respected users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist composer of the 1930s. She is pregnant by a man she does not want to marry and has found a kindred spirit in a used bookstore owner who aids her research" .

'Café Lumière' Release Dates

Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting December 27th, 2005 - Buy Café Lumière DVD