Tokyo Tower / Okan to Boku to, tokidoki, Oton DVD (ENG SUB)

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Japanese

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3 DVDs Box Set (NTSC - All Region)

Hayami Mocomichi, Kashi Yuu, Hiraoka Yuta, Izumiya Shigeru & Baishou Mitsuko

2007 Release

Based on the autobiographical book by Lily Franky. The novel is about Franky's family and the time he spent with his mother.

It's January, 1989. Masaya is living in an abandoned hospital with his mother in Chikuho, Fukuoka. Even though he's in high school, Masaya is still heavily dependent on his mother, Eiko. Eiko cherishes her son like he is still a little child. But as he grows older, Masaya becomes embarrassed at Eiko's passion towards helping people out.

It's career counseling day at school. Masaya deliberately goes to school late and fails to turn in his career assignment form. His teacher is fed up with Masaya's attitude and scolds him for not telling his mother about the meeting—which is usually attended by parents. He is called to the teacher's office after playing hooky with his best friend Kohei Yamada. With the application form of a Tokyo art university hidden in his bag, Masaya finally heads to the counseling room.

Masaya is shocked to see his mother in the room. Seeing his mother there, Masaya storms out of the room claiming that his stomach hurts. Eiko runs after her son which irritates Masaya. Seeing the beautiful sunset, Eiko says that she saw a similar sunset before with Masaya.

It's 1979. Masaya is living in Kokura, in Fukuoka Prefecture with his mother, grandmother, and father, Choji, who comes home drunk, and kicking the door open. Because of her husband's habitual drinking, Eiko leaves home with Masaya to live with her mother, Haru, in Chikuho, Fukuoka.

Taken to a city where he has no friends, the only person Masaya can depend on is his mother. Everyday when he leaves for school, he claims that his stomach aches. Eiko must calm him down and send him to school. Eiko is now working part time at a diner owned by her sister, Kanae. She also works at home during the evenings to support her son. When Kanae tells her that she's overworking herself, Eiko says that she doesn't want Masaya to feel unhappy....