Tokyo Notes (1998)
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
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Makoto Adachi as Shinya Akiyama (eldest son) |
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Satoko Abe as Tokiko Akiyama (eldest son's wife) |
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Hiroko Matsuda as Yumi Akiyama (eldest daughter) |
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Kôji Ogawara as Yuji Akiyama (second son) |
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Takako Yamamura as Yoshie Akiyama (second son's wife) |
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Eriko Wada as Ikue Akiyama (second daughter) |
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Satoshi Kobayashi as Shigeo Akiyama (third son) |
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Yoko Hirata as Emiko Hirayama (curator) |
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Minako Tsuji as Miyuki Mitsuhashi (art donor) |
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Shu Matsui as Kunio Ono (lawyer) |
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Kazuhiko Sakamoto as Yoshio Saito (Mitsuhashi's friend) |
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Kotaro Shiga as Teruo Kushimoto (curator) |
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Kenji Yamauchi as Takashi Kinoshita |
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Ruriko Tenmyo as Haruko Nosaka |
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Kenichi Akiyama as Mikio Hashizume |
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Yukiko Kizaki as Rika Teranishi |
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Hideki Nagai as Eisuke Ishida |
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Hideki Nagai as Nao Suda |
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Nio Tsukimura as Fumiko Mizukami (female university student) |
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Reina Kakudate as Yuriko Wakita (female university student) |
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Kumi Hyodo as Sachiko Maruta |
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Mizuho Tamura as Sonoko Takanashi |
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Nahoko Kawasumi as Noriko Kureda |
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Mariko Yasuda as Nami Aoyama |
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Shizuko Mochizuki as Mako Shiraki |
| Directing | Oriza Hirata | Director |
| Writing | Oriza Hirata | Writer |
| Art | Ruka Kito | Art Direction |
| Art | Itaru Sugiyama | Art Direction |
| Production | Yasuko Akabane | Production Manager |
| Production | Yoichiro Matsuo | Production Manager |
| Lighting | Tamotsu Iwaki | Lighting Director |
| Lighting | Aya Nishimoto | Lighting Director |
| Crew | Hiroshi Oguchi | Cinematography |