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Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
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.
Cast
- Joe Odagiri as Masaya Nakagawa
- Kirin Kiki as Eiko Nakagawa
- Yayako Uchida as Eiko (young)
- Takako Matsu as Mizue
- Kaoru Kobayashi as Oton
- Satoshi Tomiura as Masaya (teen)
- Shohei Tanaka
- Kanato Tanihata as Masaya (child)
- Misako Watanabe
- Sumie Sasaki
- Chisako Hara as Masaya's grandmother
- Mieko Yuki
Details
- Director
- Jōji Matsuoka
- Released
- April 14, 2007
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Shochiku, Nippon Television Network Corporation and Little More
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.9 / 10 from 17 votes
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