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    Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

    142'

    2007-04-14

    6.9

    Drama

    Overview:

    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.

    DirectingJōji MatsuokaWritingSuzuki Matsuo

    Cast

    2

    Masaya Nakagawa

    Joe Odagiri

    2

    Eiko Nakagawa

    Kirin Kiki

    1

    Eiko (young)

    Yayako Uchida

    3

    Mizue

    Takako Matsu

    2

    Oton

    Kaoru Kobayashi

    1

    Masaya (teen)

    Satoshi Tomiura

    1

    Shohei Tanaka

    1

    Masaya (child)

    Kanato Tanihata

    1

    Misako Watanabe

    1

    Sumie Sasaki

    1

    Masaya's grandmother

    Chisako Hara

    1

    Mieko Yuki

    1

    Tsubaki Nekoze

    2

    Tamami

    Ayumi Ito

    2

    Hiraguri

    Ryo Katsuji

    1

    Isoyama

    Hiroyuki Hirayama

    2

    Enomoto

    Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

    N/A

    Osamu Tsuji

    3

    Susumu Terajima

    1

    Nobue (young)

    Hijiri Kojima

    1

    Nahoko Yoshimoto

    2

    Customer at bar

    Ken Mitsuishi

    1

    Noriko Sengoku

    2

    Toru Nakamura

    1

    Kumiko Tsuchiya

    2

    Property agent

    Kyoko Koizumi

    4

    Katpa's guest

    Itsuji Itao

    1

    Rokkaku Seiji

    2

    DJ

    Aoi Miyazaki

    3

    Tomorowo Taguchi

    1

    Miyuki Matsuda

    3

    Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic

    Akira Emoto

    2

    Tetsushi Tanaka

    1

    Sansei Shiomi

    1

    Editor on the phone (voice)

    Ryo Iwamatsu

    1

    Junko Emoto

    2

    Tamae Ando

    1

    Hitomi Kurihara

    1

    Mariya

    1

    Rena Takeshita

    1

    Asako Kobayashi

    1

    Sakiko Bokumoto

    1

    Yui Sakuma

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
    • List of companies:
      1. Shochiku
      2. Nippon Television Network Corporation
      3. Little More
      4. Eisei Gekijo
      5. dentsu
      6. Bandai
      7. Yomiuri Shimbun Company
      8. Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
      9. Gunpowder
      10. Film Makers
      11. Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company
      12. Hiroshima Telecasting
      13. Fukuoka Broadcasting System
      14. Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company
      15. Mitsui & Co.
    • Vote Count: 17
    • Popularity: 1.3085
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:東京タワー オカンとボクと、時々、オトン

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