Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Special (2006)

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, the gentle coming-of-age drama Tokyo Tower – Mom and Me and Sometimes Dad 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.