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