Production Companies: Shochiku , Nippon Television Network Corporation , Little More , Eisei Gekijo , dentsu , Bandai , Yomiuri Shimbun Company , Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation , Gunpowder , Film Makers , Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company , Hiroshima Telecasting , Fukuoka Broadcasting System , Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company , Mitsui & Co. .
Overview: 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.
, Nippon Television Network Corporation 
, Little More 
, Eisei Gekijo 
, dentsu 
, Bandai 
, Yomiuri Shimbun Company 
, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation 
, Gunpowder , Film Makers , Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company 
, Hiroshima Telecasting 
, Fukuoka Broadcasting System 
, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company 
, Mitsui & Co. 
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