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