Tokyo Notes

Story

Synopsis

A 1998 performance of Oriza Hirata's play set in a Tokyo museum sheltering paintings evacuated from a European war, where family and friends trade quiet conversations that reveal loneliness, love, and social unease, amid growing tensions.

Director

Oriza Hirata

Writers

Oriza Hirata

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Release date

1 July 1998

Ensemble

Cast

• Makoto Adachi

  Shinya Akiyama (eldest son)

• 

  Satoko Abe

  Tokiko Akiyama (eldest son's wife)

• Hiroko Matsuda

  Yumi Akiyama (eldest daughter)

• Kôji Ogawara

  Yuji Akiyama (second son)

• 

  Takako Yamamura

  Yoshie Akiyama (second son's wife)

• 

  Eriko Wada

  Ikue Akiyama (second daughter)

• Satoshi Kobayashi

  Shigeo Akiyama (third son)

• Yoko Hirata

  Emiko Hirayama (curator)

• Minako Tsuji

  Miyuki Mitsuhashi (art donor)

• Shu Matsui

  Kunio Ono (lawyer)

• Kazuhiko Sakamoto

  Yoshio Saito (Mitsuhashi's friend)

• 

  Kotaro Shiga

  Teruo Kushimoto (curator)