Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007/04/14 • Released • Japanese
Overview
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.
Director : Jōji Matsuoka
Casts
Joe Odagiri
Masaya Nakagawa
Kirin Kiki
Eiko Nakagawa
Takako Matsu
Mizue
Kaoru Kobayashi
Oton
Misako Watanabe
Sumie Sasaki
Chisako Hara
Masaya's grandmother
Mieko Yuki
Tsubaki Nekoze
Ayumi Ito
Tamami
Ryo Katsuji
Hiraguri
Hiroyuki Hirayama
Isoyama
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Enomoto
Susumu Terajima
Hijiri Kojima
Nobue (young)
Nahoko Yoshimoto
Ken Mitsuishi
Customer at bar
Noriko Sengoku
Toru Nakamura
Kyoko Koizumi
Property agent
Itsuji Itao
Katpa's guest
Rokkaku Seiji
Aoi Miyazaki
DJ
Tomorowo Taguchi
Miyuki Matsuda
Akira Emoto
Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Tetsushi Tanaka
Sansei Shiomi
Ryo Iwamatsu
Editor on the phone (voice)
Tamae Ando
Hitomi Kurihara
Asako Kobayashi
Sakiko Bokumoto
Yui Sakuma
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