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.
Movie: Tokyo Notes
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Tokiko Akiyama (eldest son's wife)
Yoshie Akiyama (second son's wife)
Ikue Akiyama (second daughter)
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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.
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1998-07-01
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