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]
- Release Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Genres
- Drama
- Directed By
- Jōji Matsuoka
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.
