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Tokyo Towers

6.4

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Original title

Tôkyô tawâ: Okan to boku to, tokidoki, otonaka

AKA

Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Tokyo Towers

Year

2007

Running time

142 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Joji Matsuoka

Screenwriter

Suzuki Matsuo. Novel: Lily Franky

Cast

Music

Tadashi Ueda

Cinematography

Norimichi Kasamatsu

Producer

Shôchiku, Dentsu Inc, Eisei Gekijo, Nippon TV, Yomiuri TV

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

Leaving her alcoholic husband, Eiko takes their son Masaya away from Tokyo and back to her hometown in a Kyushu rural mining community. She toils to support him though many years of schooling even after he wastes his time while studying art in a Tokyo university. After graduation he struggles to find work and finally pulls his life together for his mother's sake, ultimately ending up with multiple jobs as an illustrator and even as the host of a sexually-themed talk show on radio. When Eiko becomes ill with cancer, Masaya invites her to live with him in back in Tokyo where the roles of support are reversed.

Awards: 2008: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: 6 awards. 14 nominations

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Tokyo Towers

2007

Joji Matsuoka

6.4

(46)