The musical "Welcome to the Quiet Room The Musical," written and directed by Suzuki Matsuo, will be streamed for a limited time via PPV (pay-per-view) on various platforms from 4:00 p.m. on February 23rd, the day of its final performance.
"Welcome to the Quiet Room" is an original novel by Matsuo. Set in a closed ward of a psychiatric hospital, it depicts the daily lives of people with various problems as they move from despair to regeneration. It was later adapted into a film starring Yuki Uchida, with Matsuo himself serving as the screenwriter and director. Now, 19 years later, it has been reborn as a musical.
This time, the cast includes Miyu Sakihi as the main character Asuka Sakura, Yuya Matsushita as her partner Tetsuo Yakihata, and a diverse cast of actors and musicians. The music is by Akira Miyagawa, and the choreography is by Takuro Suzuki.
The PPV will be available for a limited time on various platforms, including WOWOW On Demand PPV and PIA LIVE STREAM, from 4 PM on February 23rd to 11:59 PM on March 8th. The price is 3,900 yen.
◇Story
Sakura Asuka (Sakihi Miyu), a 28-year-old divorced freelance writer, lives with her partner, Yakihata Tetsuo (Matsushita Yuya), a writer for variety shows. As a popular writer, she is consumed by a stressful daily life, interviewing big-name comedian Sumida (Minagawa Sarutoki) and meeting manuscript deadlines. One day, she wakes up in an unfamiliar white room. It's a closed ward in a psychiatric hospital for women, known as the "Quiet Room." She loses consciousness after taking an overdose of sleeping pills to relieve stress, and is labeled a suicide candidate. While she is suddenly thrown into a strange new environment and bewildered, she gradually becomes accustomed to the closed ward as she interacts with unique patients, including the strict nurse Eguchi (Ryo), Yamagishi (Sakurai Reika), Miki (Kon Natsumi), a young girl she meets on her first day of hospitalization, Kume (Minagawa Sarutoki), a former call girl specializing in chubby women, and Nishino (Akiyama Natsuko), a former adult video actress. At the same time, Asuka, who has been removed from her daily routine, begins to reexamine herself, her life, and her relationship with Tetsuo. As she prepares for discharge, she begins spending her days with fellow patients who all have their own unique circumstances.
