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.
Cast
Joe Odagiri
Masaya Nakagawa
Kirin Kiki
Eiko Nakagawa
Yayako Uchida
Eiko (young)
Takako Matsu
Mizue
Kaoru Kobayashi
Oton
Satoshi Tomiura
Masaya (teen)
Shohei Tanaka
Unknown
Kanato Tanihata
Masaya (child)
Misako Watanabe
Unknown
Sumie Sasaki
Unknown
Chisako Hara
Masaya's grandmother
Mieko Yuki
Unknown
Tsubaki Nekoze
Unknown
Ayumi Ito
Tamami
Ryo Katsuji
Hiraguri
Hiroyuki Hirayama
Isoyama
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Enomoto
Osamu Tsuji
Unknown
Susumu Terajima
Unknown
Hijiri Kojima
Nobue (young)
Nahoko Yoshimoto
Unknown
Ken Mitsuishi
Customer at bar
Noriko Sengoku
Unknown
Toru Nakamura
Unknown
Kumiko Tsuchiya
Unknown
Kyoko Koizumi
Property agent
Itsuji Itao
Katpa's guest
Rokkaku Seiji
Unknown
Aoi Miyazaki
DJ
Tomorowo Taguchi
Unknown
Miyuki Matsuda
Unknown
Akira Emoto
Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic
Tetsushi Tanaka
Unknown
Sansei Shiomi
Unknown
Ryo Iwamatsu
Editor on the phone (voice)
Junko Emoto
Unknown
Tamae Ando
Unknown
Hitomi Kurihara
Unknown
Mariya
Unknown
Rena Takeshita
Unknown
Asako Kobayashi
Unknown
Sakiko Bokumoto
Unknown
Yui Sakuma
Unknown
