
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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