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

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