Apr 14, 2007
142 min
Full-HD

Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Shochiku Nippon Television Network Corporation Little More Eisei Gekijo Mitsui & Co. dentsu Bandai Yomiuri Shimbun Company Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation Gunpowder Film Makers Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company Hiroshima Telecasting Fukuoka Broadcasting System Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company

Joe Odagiri

Masaya Nakagawa

Kirin Kiki

Eiko Nakagawa

Yayako Uchida

Eiko (young)

Takako Matsu

Mizue

Kaoru Kobayashi

Oton

Satoshi Tomiura

Masaya (teen)

Shohei Tanaka

Kanato Tanihata

Masaya (child)

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