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Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Directed by Jōji Matsuoka
Drama · 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.
Cast
Joe Odagiri
Kirin Kiki
Takako Matsu
Kaoru Kobayashi
Shohei Tanaka
Misako Watanabe
Sumie Sasaki
Chisako Hara
Mieko Yuki
Crew
- Director
- Jōji Matsuoka
- Screenplay
- Suzuki Matsuo
- Director of Photography
- Norimichi Kasamatsu
- Original Music Composer
- Tadashi Ueda
- Editor
- Shinichi Fushima
- Producer
- Miyoshi Kikuchi
Details
- Original title
- 東京タワー オカンとボクと、時々、オトン
- Release date
- 2007-04-14
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Shochiku, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Little More, Eisei Gekijo, dentsu, Bandai, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Gunpowder, Film Makers, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Mitsui & Co.