Tokyo Notes

Overview

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.

Directed by Oriza Hirata

Top cast

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Makoto Adachi

Shinya Akiyama (eldest son)

Satoko Abe

Tokiko Akiyama (eldest son's wife)

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Hiroko Matsuda

Yumi Akiyama (eldest daughter)

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Kôji Ogawara

Yuji Akiyama (second son)

Takako Yamamura

Yoshie Akiyama (second son's wife)

Eriko Wada

Ikue Akiyama (second daughter)

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Satoshi Kobayashi

Shigeo Akiyama (third son)

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Yoko Hirata

Emiko Hirayama (curator)

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Minako Tsuji

Miyuki Mitsuhashi (art donor)

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Shu Matsui

Kunio Ono (lawyer)

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Kazuhiko Sakamoto

Yoshio Saito (Mitsuhashi's friend)

Kotaro Shiga

Teruo Kushimoto (curator)

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Kenji Yamauchi

Takashi Kinoshita

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Ruriko Tenmyo

Haruko Nosaka

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Kenichi Akiyama

Mikio Hashizume

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Yukiko Kizaki

Rika Teranishi

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Hideki Nagai

Eisuke Ishida

Hideki Nagai

Nao Suda

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Nio Tsukimura

Fumiko Mizukami (female university student)

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Reina Kakudate

Yuriko Wakita (female university student)

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