Tokyo Tower: 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.
Release Date
April 14, 2007Runtime
142 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Jōji MatsuokaWritten by
Lily Franky, Suzuki MatsuoLanguage
JapaneseBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Joe Odagiri
Masaya NakagawaKirin Kiki
Eiko NakagawaTakako Matsu
MizueKaoru Kobayashi
OtonMisako Watanabe
Sumie Sasaki
Chisako Hara
Masaya's grandmotherMieko Yuki
Tsubaki Nekoze
Ayumi Ito
TamamiRyo Katsuji
HiraguriHiroyuki Hirayama
IsoyamaYoshiyoshi Arakawa
EnomotoSusumu Terajima
Hijiri Kojima
Nobue (young)Nahoko Yoshimoto
Ken Mitsuishi
Customer at barNoriko Sengoku
Toru Nakamura
Kyoko Koizumi
Property agentItsuji Itao
Katpa's guestRokkaku Seiji
Aoi Miyazaki
DJTomorowo Taguchi
Miyuki Matsuda
Akira Emoto
Doctor from Sasazuka ClinicTetsushi Tanaka
Sansei Shiomi
Ryo Iwamatsu
Editor on the phone (voice)Tamae Ando
Hitomi Kurihara
Yui Sakuma
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Tokyo Tower - Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (東京タワー ~オカンとボクと、時々、オトン~) - Trailer (JP)
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