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.
- Year : 2007
- Country : Japan
- Genre : Drama
- Studio : Shochiku, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Little More, Eisei Gekijo, Mitsui & Co., dentsu, Bandai, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Gunpowder, Film Makers, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company
- Keyword : tokyo, japan, tokyo tower
- Director : Jōji Matsuoka
- Cast : Joe Odagiri, Kirin Kiki, Yayako Uchida, Takako Matsu, Kaoru Kobayashi, Satoshi Tomiura