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Original Title: 東京ノート
Status
Released
Release
1998
Runtime
1h 35m
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.
25 Cast Members
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)
Kenji Yamauchi
Takashi Kinoshita
Ruriko Tenmyo
Haruko Nosaka
Kenichi Akiyama
Mikio Hashizume
Yukiko Kizaki
Rika Teranishi
Hideki Nagai
Eisuke Ishida
Hideki Nagai
Nao Suda
Nio Tsukimura
Fumiko Mizukami (female university student)
Reina Kakudate
Yuriko Wakita (female university student)
