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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

142 mins

Rating

6.9/10

Release Date

14 April 2007

Country

Japan

Cast

Joe Odagiri

Joe Odagiri

Masaya Nakagawa

Kirin Kiki

Kirin Kiki

Eiko Nakagawa

Yayako Uchida

Yayako Uchida

Eiko (young)

Takako Matsu

Takako Matsu

Mizue

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Oton

Satoshi Tomiura

Satoshi Tomiura

Masaya (teen)

Shohei Tanaka

Shohei Tanaka

Kanato Tanihata

Kanato Tanihata

Masaya (child)

Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe

Sumie Sasaki

Sumie Sasaki

Chisako Hara

Chisako Hara

Masaya's grandmother

Mieko Yuki

Mieko Yuki

Tsubaki Nekoze

Tsubaki Nekoze

Ayumi Ito

Ayumi Ito

Tamami

Ryo Katsuji

Ryo Katsuji

Hiraguri

Hiroyuki Hirayama

Hiroyuki Hirayama

Isoyama

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Enomoto

Osamu Tsuji

Osamu Tsuji

Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Hijiri Kojima

Hijiri Kojima

Nobue (young)

Nahoko Yoshimoto

Nahoko Yoshimoto

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Customer at bar

Noriko Sengoku

Noriko Sengoku

Toru Nakamura

Toru Nakamura

Kumiko Tsuchiya

Kumiko Tsuchiya

Kyoko Koizumi

Kyoko Koizumi

Property agent

Itsuji Itao

Itsuji Itao

Katpa's guest

Rokkaku Seiji

Rokkaku Seiji

Aoi Miyazaki

Aoi Miyazaki

DJ

Tomorowo Taguchi

Tomorowo Taguchi

Miyuki Matsuda

Miyuki Matsuda

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic

Tetsushi Tanaka

Tetsushi Tanaka

Sansei Shiomi

Sansei Shiomi

Ryo Iwamatsu

Ryo Iwamatsu

Editor on the phone (voice)

Junko Emoto

Junko Emoto

Tamae Ando

Tamae Ando

Hitomi Kurihara

Hitomi Kurihara

Mariya

Mariya

Rena Takeshita

Rena Takeshita

Asako Kobayashi

Asako Kobayashi

Sakiko Bokumoto

Sakiko Bokumoto

Yui Sakuma

Yui Sakuma

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