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

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