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.
Directed by
Jōji Matsuoka
Written by
Suzuki Matsuo
Aoi Miyazaki
DJ
Kyoko Koizumi
Property agent
Takako Matsu
Mizue
Ayumi Ito
Tamami
Ryo Katsuji
Hiraguri
Akira Emoto
Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Toru Nakamura
Joe Odagiri
Masaya Nakagawa
Susumu Terajima
Miyuki Matsuda
Tomorowo Taguchi
Suzuki Matsuo
Masaharu Fukuyama
Ken Mitsuishi
Customer at bar
Lily Franky
Kaoru Kobayashi
Oton
Kirin Kiki
Eiko Nakagawa
Noriko Sengoku
Sansei Shiomi
Tetsushi Tanaka
Misako Watanabe
Tamae Ando
Hitomi Kurihara
Asako Kobayashi
Hijiri Kojima
Nobue (young)
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Enomoto
Chisako Hara
Masaya's grandmother
Itsuji Itao
Katpa's guest
Nahoko Yoshimoto
Ryo Iwamatsu
Editor on the phone (voice)
Rokkaku Seiji
Sumie Sasaki
Hiroyuki Hirayama
Isoyama
Shohei Tanaka
Tsubaki Nekoze
Yui Sakuma
Kumiko Tsuchiya
Mieko Yuki
Sakiko Bokumoto
Yayako Uchida
Eiko (young)
Satoshi Tomiura
Masaya (teen)
Kanato Tanihata
Masaya (child)
Osamu Tsuji
Junko Emoto
Mariya
Rena Takeshita

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