or Ten Nights' Dreams is a series of short stories by Natsume Sōseki

Natsume Soseki

, born ', is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji period . He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy tales...

. It was serialized in the Asahi Shimbun

Asahi Shimbun

The is the second most circulated out of the five national newspapers in Japan. Its circulation, which was 7.96 million for its morning edition and 3.1 million for its evening edition as of June 2010, was second behind that of Yomiuri 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

Meiji period

The , also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from September 1868 through July 1912. This period represents the first half of the Empire of Japan.- Meiji Restoration and the emperor :...

) and including dreams set in the age of the gods, the Kamakura period

Kamakura period

The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....

, 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).

Film Adaptation

A Japanese film

Cinema of Japan

The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...

 called Yume Jūya premiered in 2007

2007 in film

This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA 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

Cinema Epoch

Cinema Epoch is an independent film distribution & production company based in the U.S. It was founded by distribution veteran and filmmaker Gregory Hatanaka. The company specializes in foreign, independent and cult cinema. The company's first release was the martial arts classic Master of the...

 in October 2008.

The First Dream
Director:Akio Jissoji

Akio Jissoji

was a Japanese television and film director best known outside of Japan for the 1960s TV series Ultraman and Ultra Seven, as well as for his auteur erotic ATG-produced Buddhist trilogy , , and ....

　
Screenwriter：Kuze Teruhiko

Stars：Kyōko Koizumi

Kyoko Koizumi

' is a Japanese singer and actress. Her music is released through Victor Entertainment . She is also known by the nickname Kyon Kyon. She had singles reach the Top ten for 12 consecutive years between 1983 and 1994, a female solo artist record, until this was broken by Namie Amuro...

, Matsuo Suzuki, and Minori Terada

The Second Dream
Director：Kon Ichikawa

Kon Ichikawa

was a Japanese film director.-Early life and career:Ichikawa was born in Ise, Mie Prefecture. In the 1930s Ichikawa attended a technical school in Osaka. Upon graduation, in 1933, he found a job with a local rental film studio, J.O. Studio, in their animation department...

　

Screenwriter：Kokuji Yanagi

Stars：Tsuyoshi Ujiki and　Nakamura Umenosuke

The Third Dream
Director: Takashi Shimizu

Takashi Shimizu

Takashi Shimizu is a Japanese film director, best known for the Ju-on series of horror films.-Filmography:...

Stars: Keisuke Horibe and Yuu Kashii

Yuu Kashii

, known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress and model. She studied at Mejiro University, where she majored in English. She married actor Joe Odagiri, who is exactly 11 years her senior, on February 16, 2008, the birthday the couple shares...

The Fourth Dream
Director: Atsushi Shimizu 

Screenwriter: Shin'ichi Inotsume

Stars: Koji Yamamoto

Koji Yamamoto

Koji Yamamoto is the name of:* Koji Yamamoto , Japanese actor* Koji Yamamoto , former Japanese All-Star baseball player...

 and Toru Shinagawa

The Fifth Dream
Director & Screenwriter: Keisuke Toyoshima

Stars: Mikako Ichikawa

Mikako Ichikawa

Mikako Ichikawa is a Japanese actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. She was working as a model for the Japanese fashion magazine Olive under an exclusive contract...

 and Koji Ōkura

The Sixth Dream
Director & Screenwriter: Matsuo Suzuki

Stars: Sadao Abe

Sadao Abe

is a Japanese actor and musician from Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and his real name is . His popularity started as the lead singer of the Japanese rock band Group Tamashii...

, TOZAWA and Yoshizumi Ishihara

Yoshizumi Ishihara

is a Japanese weather forecaster, TV personality, and actor. He is the second son of Tokyo governor Shintarō Ishihara, and brother of politicians Nobuteru Ishihara and Hirotaka Ishihara.-Biography:Ishihara was born on 15 January 1962 in Zushi, Kanagawa....

The Seventh Dream
Directors: Yoshitaka Amano

Yoshitaka Amano

is a Japanese artist. He began his career as an animator and has become known for his illustrations for the anime Vampire Hunter D and for his character designs, image illustrations and title logo designs for the Final Fantasy video game series developed by Square Enix . His influences include...

 and Masaaki Kawahara

Stars: Sascha and Fumika Hideshima

The Eighth Dream
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita

Nobuhiro Yamashita

is a Japanese film director.-Career:Born in Aichi Prefecture, Yamashita attended Osaka University of Arts where he worked on Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's Kichiku Dai Enkai. His graduation film Hazy Life, took the Off Theatre Competition Grand Prize at the 2000 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival...

 

Screenwriter: Kenichiro Nagao

Stars: Hiroshi Fujioka

Hiroshi Fujioka

, better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor known for playing the hero Takeshi Hongo in the tokusatsu superhero series Kamen Rider, and later the Sega Saturn mascot Segata Sanshiro. Fujioka is a cultural icon in Japan, even having the minor planet 12408 Fujioka, discovered by Akimasa...

 and Hiroshi Yamamoto

Hiroshi Yamamoto

is a Japanese athlete who competes in archery.He won a bronze medal in archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics.Yamamoto competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first three elimination matches, advancing to the quarterfinals...

The Ninth Dream
Director & Screenwriter: Miwa Nishikawa

Miwa Nishikawa

is a Japanese director.Hirokazu Koreeda produced her feature film Wild Berries after she worked as an assistant director on his Distance...

Stars: Tamaki Ogawa and Pierre Taki

Pierre Taki

was the front man for Japanese technopop group Denki Groove, which consisted of himself and Takkyū Ishino. As of 2001 he was involved in an exhibit called Prince Tongha with Hideyuki Tanaka in New York City.-References:...

The Tenth Dream
Director: Yūdai Yamaguchi

Yūdai Yamaguchi

is a Japanese film director who has worked mainly in the comedy and horror genres. He has "made a name for himself by mixing goofy gore with manga-esque escapades and plain utter weirdness".-Life and career:...

 

Screenwriters: Yuudai Yamaguchi and Junya Katō

Character Design: MAN☆GATARO

Stars: Kenichi Matsuyama, Manami Honjō, Kōji Ishizaka, and Yasuda Dai Circus

Yasuda Dai Circus

is a Japanese comedy trio, consisting of , HIRO, and . The three are much less about traditional skit or story based stand-up humor , choosing instead to focus on physical humor and a loud, boisterous style that resonates with most manzai audiences...

Prologue and Epilogue
Director: Atsushi Shimizu

Stars: Erika Toda

Erika Toda

, is a Japanese actress from Kobe. She originally debuted as a gravure model at age 13.She starred in many dramas like Liar Game, Code Blue, Ryusei no Kizuna and Keizoku 2: SPEC. She has had supporting roles in many popular Japanese TV dramas such as BOSS, Nobuta wo Produce, Engine and Gal Circle...

External links

• Yume jūya in Japanese using modern orthography