Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

2007 6.9 (14 votes) 2h 22m

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Little More
Eisei Gekijo
dentsu
Bandai
Yomiuri Shimbun Company
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Gunpowder
Film Makers
Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company
Hiroshima Telecasting
Fukuoka Broadcasting System
Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company
Mitsui & Co.

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (東京タワーオカンとボクと、時々、オトン)

Overview

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.