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Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007, Apr 14
2h 22m
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
Misako Watanabe
Aoi Miyazaki
DJ
Kumiko Tsuchiya
Kaoru Kobayashi
Oton
Toru Nakamura
Hijiri Kojima
Nobue (young)
Shohei Tanaka
Kyoko Koizumi
Property agent
Tamae Ando
Miyuki Matsuda
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Enomoto
Itsuji Itao
Katpa's guest
Ayumi Ito
Tamami
Sansei Shiomi
Takako Matsu
Mizue
Tomorowo Taguchi
Akira Emoto
Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Rokkaku Seiji
Joe Odagiri
Masaya Nakagawa
Ryo Iwamatsu
Editor on the phone (voice)
Masaharu Fukuyama
Susumu Terajima
Noriko Sengoku
Tetsushi Tanaka
Lily Franky
Hitomi Kurihara
Ken Mitsuishi
Customer at bar
Tsubaki Nekoze
Sumie Sasaki
Suzuki Matsuo
Chisako Hara
Masaya's grandmother
Kirin Kiki
Eiko Nakagawa
Hiroyuki Hirayama
Isoyama
Ryo Katsuji
Hiraguri
Nahoko Yoshimoto
Asako Kobayashi
Mieko Yuki
Yui Sakuma
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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