Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)

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.
Jōji Matsuoka
Joe Odagiri, Kirin Kiki, Yayako Uchida, Takako Matsu, Kaoru Kobayashi, Satoshi Tomiura, Shohei Tanaka, Kanato Tanihata, Misako Watanabe, Sumie Sasaki, Chisako Hara, Mieko Yuki, Tsubaki Nekoze, Ayumi Ito, Ryo Katsuji, Hiroyuki Hirayama, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Osamu Tsuji, Susumu Terajima, Hijiri Kojima, Naoko Yoshimoto, Ken Mitsuishi, Noriko Sengoku, Toru Nakamura, Kumiko Tsuchiya, Kyoko Koizumi, Itsuji Itao, Seiji Rokkaku, Aoi Miyazaki, Tomorowo Taguchi, Miyuki Matsuda, Akira Emoto, Tetsushi Tanaka, Sansei Shiomi, Ryo Iwamatsu, Junko Emoto, Tamae Ando, Hitomi Kurihara, Mariya, Rena Takeshita, Asako Kobayashi, Sakiko Bokumoto, Yui Sakuma
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