Quartet for Two
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- Movie: Quartet for Two
- Romaji: Rendan
- Japanese: 連弾
- Director: Naoto Takenaka
- Writer: Maruo Kyozuka
- Producer: Toshiaki Harada, Shuji Miyajima
- Cinematographer: Yasushi Sasakibara
- Release Date: March 31, 2001
- Runtime: 104 min.
- Studio: Shochiku
- Distributor: Shochiku
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
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.
Cast
- Naoto Takenaka - Sasaki Shoutarou
- Yuki Amami - Sasaki Namiko
- Keika Fukitsuka - Sasaki Mari
- Yuta Minowa - Sasaki Touru
- Sawa Suzuki - Ohsawa no tsuma
- Hairi Katagiri - Bengoshi
- Kazuki Kitamura - Ohsawa
- Joji Matsuoka - Cook
- Reiko Matsuo - Ritsuko
- Mitsuhiro Oikawa - Tanimura Masaki
- Yasue Sato - Staff at piano course
- Hideki Sone - Mori
- Yoji Tanaka - Customer
- Kanji Tsuda - Ramen-ya no kyaku
- Shinya Tsukamoto - Yuuenchi no otoko
- Kazuaki Hankai
- Masahiro Kiyota
- Maki Ishikawa
Awards
- "Best Actress" (Yuki Amami) - 2001 (44th) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 8, 2002
