Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
14/04/2007
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.
Movie Information
Joe Odagiri
as Masaya Nakagawa
Kirin Kiki
as Eiko Nakagawa
Yayako Uchida
as Eiko (young)
Takako Matsu
as Mizue
Kaoru Kobayashi
as Oton
Satoshi Tomiura
as Masaya (teen)
Shohei Tanaka
as
Kanato Tanihata
as Masaya (child)
Misako Watanabe
as
Sumie Sasaki
as
Chisako Hara
as Masaya's grandmother
Mieko Yuki
as
Tsubaki Nekoze
as
Ayumi Ito
as Tamami
Ryo Katsuji
as Hiraguri
Hiroyuki Hirayama
as Isoyama
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
as Enomoto
Osamu Tsuji
as
Susumu Terajima
as
Hijiri Kojima
as Nobue (young)
Nahoko Yoshimoto
as
Ken Mitsuishi
as Customer at bar
Noriko Sengoku
as
Toru Nakamura
as
Kumiko Tsuchiya
as
Kyoko Koizumi
as Property agent
Itsuji Itao
as Katpa's guest
Rokkaku Seiji
as
Aoi Miyazaki
as DJ
Tomorowo Taguchi
as
Miyuki Matsuda
as
Akira Emoto
as Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Tetsushi Tanaka
as
Sansei Shiomi
as
Ryo Iwamatsu
as Editor on the phone (voice)
Junko Emoto
as
Tamae Ando
as
Hitomi Kurihara
as
Mariya
as
Rena Takeshita
as
Asako Kobayashi
as
Sakiko Bokumoto
as
Yui Sakuma
as
