
Tokyo Notes
1998, Japanese. Directed by Oriza Hirata.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Oriza HirataDirector
- 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)
- Minako TsujiMiyuki Mitsuhashi (art donor)
- Shu MatsuiKunio Ono (lawyer)
- Kazuhiko SakamotoYoshio Saito (Mitsuhashi's friend)
- Kotaro ShigaTeruo Kushimoto (curator)
Details
- Released
- 1 July 1998
- Original title
- 東京ノート
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Oriza Hirata
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Tokyo Notes runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Tokyo Notes isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 July 1998. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Tokyo Notes?
Tokyo Notes (1998) was directed by Oriza Hirata and stars Makoto Adachi, Satoko Abe, Hiroko Matsuda.