Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

AKA: Tôkyô tawâ: Okan to boku totokidokiotonTokyo Tawa: Okan to Boku toTokidokiOton東京鐵塔:我的母親父親东京塔東京タワー 〜オカンとボクと、時々、オトン〜
11DB Rating
7.1/10
2007
2h 22m
Japan
Drama
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.