Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
2h 22m
Running Time
April 14, 2007Release Date
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
2h 22m
Running Time
April 14, 2007Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Joe Odagiri
Masaya Nakagawa
Kirin Kiki
Eiko Nakagawa
Yayako Uchida
Eiko Nakagawa (young)
Takako Matsu
Mizue
Kaoru Kobayashi
Oton
Kanato Tanihata
Boku as a child
Satoshi Tomiura
Masaya (teen)
Jōji Matsuoka
Director
Lily Franky
Writer
Suzuki Matsuo
Writer
Toshiyuki Nakano
Producer
Chisako Hara
Masaya's grandmother
Ayumi Ito
Tamami
Ryo Katsuji
Hiraguri
Hiroyuki Hirayama
Isoyama
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Enomoto
Hijiri Kojima
Nobue (young)
Ken Mitsuishi
Customer at bar
Kyoko Koizumi
Property agent
Itsuji Itao
Katpa's guest
Aoi Miyazaki
DJ
Akira Emoto
Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Ryo Iwamatsu
Editor on the phone (voice)
Shinichi Fushima
Editor
Masaharu Fukuyama
Theme Song Performance
Mitsuo Harada
Production Design
Norimichi Kasamatsu
Cinematography
Tadashi Ueda
Music
Kiyoshi Kakizawa
Sound Recordist
Kenichi Mizuno
Lighting Camera
Kobukuro
Theme Song Performance
Susumu Terajima
Tetsushi Tanaka
Misako Watanabe
Shohei Tanaka
Yui Sakuma
Sansei Shiomi
Tomorowo Taguchi
Kumiko Tsuchiya
Toru Nakamura
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 14, 2007
Original Name東京タワー オカンとボクと、時々、オトン
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 22m
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Wiki.
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (東京タワー 〜オカンとボクと、時々、オトン〜, Tōkyō tawaa ~ okan to boku to, tokidoki, oton ~) is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Joji Matsuoka. The film is adapted from the best selling autobiography of Lily Franky, a Japanese novelist, actor, illustrator, designer, musician and photographer. The young Eiko is played by Yayako Uchida, the daughter of actress Kirin Kiki who plays Eiko as an old woman. The film was chosen as the Best Film of 2008 at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.