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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007) [N/A]

Release Date:
April 14, 2007

Original Title:
東京タワー オカンとボクと、時々、オトン

Alternate Titles:
Tokyo Tawa: Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton
Tokyo Tower：Mom And Me, And Sometimes Dad
Tôkyô tawâ: Okan to boku to, tokidoki, oton
东京塔
東京タワー 〜オカンとボクと、時々、オトン〜
東京鐵塔：我的母親父親

Genres:
Drama

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

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 142

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Director:
Jōji Matsuoka

Director of Photography:
Norimichi Kasamatsu

Editor:
Shinichi Fushima

Lighting Camera:
Kenichi Mizuno

Music:
Tadashi Ueda

Novel:
Lily Franky

Production Design:
Mitsuo Harada

Sound Recordist:
Kiyoshi Kakizawa

Theme Song Performance:
Masaharu Fukuyama

Writer:
Suzuki Matsuo

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