Quartet for Two
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Shotaro and Minako are arguing. Minako has confessed her infidelity to her husband and informs him of her intention to leave him. She has ceased to enjoy living with a submissive husband. Minako, who works for a construction company, loves her job and is progressing in her successful career, while her husband eagerly takes care of the house and the kids. He buys groceries, he cooks, he does the laundry – constantly. The couple’s arguing intensifies until Minaka files for divorce. Their older daughter Mari isn’t that upset by her parent’s problems as she’s more interested in the piano piece she’s got to play with her mother at a concert organised by her music school; admittedly, she’s also rather interested in her music teacher. But her younger brother Toru feels betrayed by his mother and can’t manage to reconcile himself to his father’s role as a housewife. A partial reconciliation occurs at Minako and Mari’s concert, where their entrance on stage is met with loud applause.
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Cast
Naoto Takenaka
as Sasaki Shoutarou
Yuki Amami
as Sasaki Namiko
Sawa Suzuki
as Ohsawa no tsuma
Hairi Katagiri
as Bengoshi
Yasue Sato
as Chizuru Nagai (staff at piano course)
Reiko Matsuo
as Ritsuko
Kazuki Kitamura
as Ohsawa
Jōji Matsuoka
as Cook
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
as Tanimura Masaki
Yoji Tanaka
as Customer
Kanji Tsuda
as Ramen-ya no kyaku
Shinya Tsukamoto
as Yuuenchi no otoko
Kazuaki Hankai
Ryo Iwamatsu
as Taxi driver
Noboru Iguchi
as Stalker
