Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
東京タワー オカンとボクと、時々、オトン
Release: 2007-04-14
·Runtime: 142m
·★ 7.0
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
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.
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Joe Odagiri
as Masaya Nakagawa
Susumu Terajima
Noriko Sengoku
Aoi Miyazaki
as DJ
Sansei Shiomi
Kirin Kiki
as Eiko Nakagawa
Kyoko Koizumi
as Property agent
Mieko Yuki
Toru Nakamura
Tomorowo Taguchi
Misako Watanabe
Ayumi Ito
as Tamami
Ryo Katsuji
as Hiraguri
Hiroyuki Hirayama
as Isoyama
Miyuki Matsuda
Ryo Iwamatsu
as Editor on the phone (voice)
Asako Kobayashi
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
as Enomoto
Hijiri Kojima
as Nobue (young)
Ken Mitsuishi
as Customer at bar
Itsuji Itao
as Katpa's guest
Tetsushi Tanaka
Yui Sakuma
Shohei Tanaka
Nahoko Yoshimoto
Kumiko Tsuchiya
Takako Matsu
as Mizue
Kaoru Kobayashi
as Oton
Chisako Hara
as Masaya's grandmother
Tsubaki Nekoze
Akira Emoto
as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Tamae Ando
Sumie Sasaki
Rokkaku Seiji
Hitomi Kurihara
Sakiko Bokumoto
