Quartet for Two

Quartet for Two (2001)

DramaFamily

Shotaro and Minako are arguing. Minako has confessed her infidelity to her husband and informs him of her intention to leave him. She has ceased to enjoy living with a submissive husband. Minako, who works for a construction company, loves her job and is progressing in her successful career, while her husband eagerly takes care of the house and the kids. He buys groceries, he cooks, he does the laundry – constantly. The couple’s arguing intensifies until Minaka files for divorce. Their older daughter Mari isn’t that upset by her parent’s problems as she’s more interested in the piano piece she’s got to play with her mother at a concert organised by her music school; admittedly, she’s also rather interested in her music teacher. But her younger brother Toru feels betrayed by his mother and can’t manage to reconcile himself to his father’s role as a housewife. A partial reconciliation occurs at Minako and Mari’s concert, where their entrance on stage is met with loud applause.

Director: Naoto Takenaka
Writer: Maruo Kyozuka

Casts

	Naoto Takenaka as Sasaki Shoutarou
	Yuki Amami as Sasaki Namiko
	Keika Fukitsuka as Sasaki Mari
	Sawa Suzuki as Ohsawa no tsuma
	Hairi Katagiri as Bengoshi
	Yasue Sato as Chizuru Nagai (staff at piano course)
	Reiko Matsuo as Ritsuko
	Kazuki Kitamura as Ohsawa
	Jōji Matsuoka as Cook
	Mitsuhiro Oikawa as Tanimura Masaki
	Yoji Tanaka as Customer
	Kanji Tsuda as Ramen-ya no kyaku
	Shinya Tsukamoto as Yuuenchi no otoko
	Kazuaki Hankai as
	Maki Ishikawa as
	Ryo Iwamatsu as Taxi driver
	Noboru Iguchi as Stalker

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