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.
Shinya Akiyama (eldest son)
Tokiko Akiyama (eldest son's wife)
Yumi Akiyama (eldest daughter)
Yuji Akiyama (second son)
Yoshie Akiyama (second son's wife)
Ikue Akiyama (second daughter)
Shigeo Akiyama (third son)
Emiko Hirayama (curator)
Miyuki Mitsuhashi (art donor)
Kunio Ono (lawyer)
Yoshio Saito (Mitsuhashi's friend)
Teruo Kushimoto (curator)