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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

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.

2007 |2h 22m |  Drama

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Cast

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Joe Odagiri

Masaya Nakagawa

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Kirin Kiki

Eiko Nakagawa

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Takako Matsu

Mizue

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Kaoru Kobayashi

Oton

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Misako Watanabe

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Sumie Sasaki

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Chisako Hara

Masaya's grandmother

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Mieko Yuki

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Tsubaki Nekoze

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Ayumi Ito

Tamami

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Ryo Katsuji

Hiraguri

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Hiroyuki Hirayama

Isoyama

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Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Enomoto

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Susumu Terajima

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Hijiri Kojima

Nobue (young)

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Nahoko Yoshimoto

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Ken Mitsuishi

Customer at bar

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Noriko Sengoku

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Toru Nakamura

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Kyoko Koizumi

Property agent

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Itsuji Itao

Katpa's guest

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Rokkaku Seiji

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Aoi Miyazaki

DJ

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Tomorowo Taguchi

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Miyuki Matsuda

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Akira Emoto

Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic

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Tetsushi Tanaka

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Sansei Shiomi

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Ryo Iwamatsu

Editor on the phone (voice)

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Tamae Ando

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Hitomi Kurihara

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Asako Kobayashi

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Yui Sakuma

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Status

Released

Language

Japanese

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