Tokyo Notes

Tokyo Notes

Original Title: 東京ノート
Release: 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.

Cast

Makoto Adachi

Makoto Adachi

Shinya Akiyama (eldest son)
Satoko Abe

Satoko Abe

Tokiko Akiyama (eldest son's wife)
Hiroko Matsuda

Hiroko Matsuda

Yumi Akiyama (eldest daughter)
Kôji Ogawara

Kôji Ogawara

Yuji Akiyama (second son)
Takako Yamamura

Takako Yamamura

Yoshie Akiyama (second son's wife)
Eriko Wada

Eriko Wada

Ikue Akiyama (second daughter)
Satoshi Kobayashi

Satoshi Kobayashi

Shigeo Akiyama (third son)
Yoko Hirata

Yoko Hirata

Emiko Hirayama (curator)
Minako Tsuji

Minako Tsuji

Miyuki Mitsuhashi (art donor)
Shu Matsui

Shu Matsui

Kunio Ono (lawyer)
Kazuhiko Sakamoto

Kazuhiko Sakamoto

Yoshio Saito (Mitsuhashi's friend)
Kotaro Shiga

Kotaro Shiga

Teruo Kushimoto (curator)
Kenji Yamauchi

Kenji Yamauchi

Takashi Kinoshita
Ruriko Tenmyo

Ruriko Tenmyo

Haruko Nosaka
Kenichi Akiyama

Kenichi Akiyama

Mikio Hashizume
Yukiko Kizaki

Yukiko Kizaki

Rika Teranishi
Hideki Nagai

Hideki Nagai

Eisuke Ishida
Hideki Nagai

Hideki Nagai

Nao Suda
Nio Tsukimura

Nio Tsukimura

Fumiko Mizukami (female university student)
Reina Kakudate

Reina Kakudate

Yuriko Wakita (female university student)
Kumi Hyodo

Kumi Hyodo

Sachiko Maruta
Mizuho Tamura

Mizuho Tamura

Sonoko Takanashi
Nahoko Kawasumi

Nahoko Kawasumi

Noriko Kureda
Mariko Yasuda

Mariko Yasuda

Nami Aoyama
Shizuko Mochizuki

Shizuko Mochizuki

Mako Shiraki