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

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