Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Tôkyô tawâ: Okan to boku to, tokidoki, oton
142 min
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.
- Release date
- April 14, 2007
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Tadashi Ueda
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Trailer
Cast
- Joe Odagiri as Masaya Nakagawa
- Kirin Kiki as Eiko Nakagawa
- Yayako Uchida as Eiko Nakagawa (young)
- Takako Matsu as Mizue
- Kaoru Kobayashi as Oton
- Satoshi Tomiura as Masaya (teen)
- Shohei Tanaka
- Misako Watanabe as Chikuho's Grandmother
- Sumie Sasaki as Grandmother from Kokura
- Chisako Hara as Aunt Nobue
- Mieko Yûki as Aunt Mieko
- Tsubaki Nekoze as Aunt Bubbe
- Ayumi Ito as Tamami
- Ryô Katsuji as Hiraguri
- Hiroyuki Hirayama as Isoyama
- Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as Enomoto
- Susumu Terajima
- Hijiri Kojima as Nobue (young)
- Nahoko Yoshimoto
- Ken Mitsuishi as Customer at bar
- Noriko Sengoku
- Tōru Nakamura
- Kumiko Tsuchiya
- Kyôko Koizumi as Property agent
- Itsuji Itao as Katpa's guest
- Seiji Rokkaku
- Aoi Miyazaki as DJ
- Tomoroo Taguchi
- Kanato Tanihata as Boku as a child
Crew
- Joji Matsuoka · Director
- Lily Franky · Writer
- Suzuki Matsuo · Writer
- Kanji Miura · Producer
- Genichi Miwa · Producer
- Toshiyuki Nakano · Producer
- Tadashi Ueda · Composer
- Norimichi Kasamatsu · Cinematographer