Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Apr 14, 2007

2h 22m

★ 6.9

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

Nippon Television Network Corporation

Little More

Eisei Gekijo

dentsu

Bandai

Yomiuri Shimbun Company

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

Gunpowder

Film Makers

Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company

Hiroshima Telecasting

Fukuoka Broadcasting System

Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company

Mitsui & Co.

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Trailers

Cast

Masaya Nakagawa

Joe Odagiri

Eiko Nakagawa

Kirin Kiki

Eiko (young)

Yayako Uchida

Mizue

Takako Matsu

Oton

Kaoru Kobayashi

Masaya (teen)

Satoshi Tomiura

Shohei Tanaka

Masaya (child)

Kanato Tanihata

Misako Watanabe

Sumie Sasaki

Masaya's grandmother

Chisako Hara

Mieko Yuki

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