Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

HD 3.1 142 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.

Genre: Drama

Release: April 14, 2007

Director: Joji Matsuoka

Cast: Joe Odagiri, Kirin Kiki, Yayako Uchida, Takako Matsu, Kaoru Kobayashi, Akira Emoto, Ayumi Ito, Ken Mitsuishi, Toru Nakamura, Tomorowo Taguchi, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Chisako Hara, Hiroyuki Hirayama, Itsuji Itao, Ryo Iwamatsu, Ryo Katsuji, Kyoko Koizumi, Hijiri Kojima, Miyuki Matsuda, Hitomi Kurihara, Tamae Andô, Junko Emoto, Aoi Miyazaki, Seiji Rokkaku, Sumie Sasaki, Noriko Sengoku, Sansei Shiomi, Shohei Tanaka, Tetsushi Tanaka, Susumu Terajima, Kumiko Tsuchiya, Osamu Tsuji, Misako Watanabe