
Film
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007 · 2h 22m · Drama
- IMDb
- 7.4
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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.
Cast

Joe Odagiri
Masaya Nakagawa

Kirin Kiki
Eiko Nakagawa
Yayako Uchida
Eiko (young)

Takako Matsu
Mizue

Kaoru Kobayashi
Oton
Satoshi Tomiura
Masaya (teen)

Shohei Tanaka
Kanato Tanihata
Masaya (child)

Misako Watanabe

Sumie Sasaki

Chisako Hara
Masaya's grandmother

Mieko Yuki

Tsubaki Nekoze

Ayumi Ito
Tamami

Ryo Katsuji
Hiraguri

Hiroyuki Hirayama
Isoyama
Crew
- Jōji MatsuokaDirector
- Suzuki MatsuoScreenplay
- Lily FrankyNovel
- Norimichi KasamatsuDirector of Photography
- Tadashi UedaOriginal Music Composer
- Shinichi FushimaEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- April 14, 2007
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Genres
- Drama
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