Tokyo Notes

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.

Top Cast

Makoto AdachiShinya Akiyama (eldest son)

Satoko AbeTokiko Akiyama (eldest son's wife)

Hiroko MatsudaYumi Akiyama (eldest daughter)

Kôji OgawaraYuji Akiyama (second son)

Takako YamamuraYoshie Akiyama (second son's wife)

Eriko WadaIkue Akiyama (second daughter)

Satoshi KobayashiShigeo Akiyama (third son)

Yoko HirataEmiko Hirayama (curator)