Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Directed by Jōji Matsuoka

With Joe Odagiri, Kirin Kiki, Yayako Uchida, Takako Matsu and Kaoru Kobayashi

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.