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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Joji Matsuoka. The film is adapted from the best selling autobiography of Lily Franky, a Japanese novelist, actor, illustrator, designer, musician and photographer. The young Eiko is played by Yayako Uchida, the daughter of actress Kirin Kiki who plays Eiko as an old woman. The film was chosen as the Best Film of 2008 at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.
Original Release
04/14/2007
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joe Odagiri | Masaya Nakagawa |
Kirin Kiki | Eiko Nakagawa |
Yayako Uchida | Eiko Nakagawa (young) / Eiko (young) |
Kanato Tanihata | Boku as a child / Masaya (child) |
Misako Watanabe | Chikuho's Grandmother |
Sumie Sasaki | Grandmother from Kokura |
Chisako Hara | Masaya's grandmother / Aunt Nobue |
Mieko Yûki | Aunt Mieko |
Tsubaki Nekoze | Aunt Bubbe |
Ayumi Ito | Tamami |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joe Odagiri | Masaya Nakagawa |
Kirin Kiki | Eiko Nakagawa |
Yayako Uchida | Eiko Nakagawa (young) / Eiko (young) |
Kanato Tanihata | Boku as a child / Masaya (child) |
Misako Watanabe | Chikuho's Grandmother |
Sumie Sasaki | Grandmother from Kokura |
Chisako Hara | Masaya's grandmother / Aunt Nobue |
Mieko Yûki | Aunt Mieko |
Tsubaki Nekoze | Aunt Bubbe |
Ayumi Ito | Tamami |
Ryo Katsuji | Hiraguri |
Hiroyuki Hirayama | Isoyama |
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa | Enomoto |
Osamu Tsuji | Jose |
Susumu Terajima | Man of High Culture |
Hijiri Kojima | Nobue (young) / Young Aunt Nobue |
Nahoko Yoshimoto | Young Aunt Mieko |
Ken Mitsuishi | Customer at bar |
Noriko Sengoku | Old Woman in Hospital |
Tôru Nakamura | Radio Director |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Kanji Miura | Producer |
Genichi Miwa | Producer |
Toshiyuki Nakano | Producer |