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
Ayumi Ito
as Tamami
Takako Matsu
as Mizue
Ryo Katsuji
as Hiraguri
Noriko Sengoku
Aoi Miyazaki
as DJ
Tamae Ando
Kirin Kiki
as Eiko Nakagawa
Kyoko Koizumi
as Property agent
Tsubaki Nekoze
Mieko Yuki
Susumu Terajima
Ken Mitsuishi
as Customer at bar
Toru Nakamura
Rokkaku Seiji
Kumiko Tsuchiya
Itsuji Itao
as Katpa's guest
Miyuki Matsuda
Sansei Shiomi
Asako Kobayashi
Joe Odagiri
as Masaya Nakagawa
Kaoru Kobayashi
as Oton
Chisako Hara
as Masaya's grandmother
Hiroyuki Hirayama
as Isoyama
Nahoko Yoshimoto
Tomorowo Taguchi
Akira Emoto
as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Ryo Iwamatsu
as Editor on the phone (voice)
Hitomi Kurihara
Shohei Tanaka
Tetsushi Tanaka
Sakiko Bokumoto
Yui Sakuma
Misako Watanabe
Sumie Sasaki
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
as Enomoto
Hijiri Kojima
as Nobue (young)
