Tokyo Towers: 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.

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  Jōji Matsuoka

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  Joe Odagiri
  Masaya Nakagawa
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  Kirin Kiki
  Eiko Nakagawa
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  Yayako Uchida
  Eiko (young)
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  Takako Matsu
  Mizue
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  Kaoru Kobayashi
  Oton
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  Satoshi Tomiura
  Masaya (teen)
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  Shohei Tanaka
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  Kanato Tanihata
  Masaya (child)
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  Misako Watanabe
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  Sumie Sasaki
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  Chisako Hara
  Masaya's grandmother
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  Mieko Yuki
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  Tsubaki Nekoze
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  Ayumi Ito
  Tamami
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  Ryo Katsuji
  Hiraguri
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  Hiroyuki Hirayama
  Isoyama
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  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
  Enomoto
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  Osamu Tsuji
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  Susumu Terajima
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  Hijiri Kojima
  Nobue (young)