Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Release date: 04/14/2007

Genres:

Drama

Countries:

Japan

Rating:

6.9

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.

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Actors

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

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

Yui Sakuma

Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

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