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Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

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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.

Cast

Joe Odagiri

Masaya Nakagawa

Joe Odagiri

Kirin Kiki

Eiko Nakagawa

Kirin Kiki

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Eiko (young)

Yayako Uchida

Takako Matsu

Mizue

Takako Matsu

Kaoru Kobayashi

Oton

Kaoru Kobayashi

No Image

Masaya (teen)

Satoshi Tomiura

Shohei Tanaka

Shohei Tanaka

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Masaya (child)

Kanato Tanihata

Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe

Sumie Sasaki

Sumie Sasaki

Chisako Hara

Masaya's grandmother

Chisako Hara

Mieko Yuki

Mieko Yuki

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