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Tokyo Tower 2007

Details

  • Title: 東京タワー
  • Title (romaji): Tokyo Tower
  • Tagline: ~オカンとボクと、時々、オトン~ / ~Okan to Boku to, tokidoki, Oton~
  • Tagline (English): ~Mom and I, and sometimes, Dad~
  • Format: Renzoku
  • Genre:
  • Episodes:
  • Broadcast network: Fuji TV
  • Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-8 to 2007-Mar-??
  • Air time: Monday 21:00
  • Theme song: Tsubomi by Kobukuro
  • Related TV shows: Tokyo Tower (Fuji TV, 2006)

Synopsis

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.

Seeing that Masaya has no friends at his new school, Eiko finds friends for him: Kohei and Kazuo. Eiko invites the two boys over for dinner and prepares a huge feast. Masaya is proud to have such a mother. Every summer, Masaya visits Kokura. His grandmother is thrilled to see him, but his father is always grouchy.

Eiko and Masaya eventually move out of Haru's house and start living in an abandoned hospital. Out of the blue, Eiko buys Masaya a brand new motorcycle. Masaya drives the motorcycle to Kokura to see his father. There, Masaya tells his father that although he doesn't have a goal, he wants to go to Tokyo. His father is overjoyed to hear this. He advices Masaya to learn many things in Tokyo. At the same time, he emphasizes the importance of telling Eiko about going to Tokyo.

Once he returns to Chikuho, Masaya is shocked to learn that Eiko has cleaned up his room. The college application form he was hiding was neatly put away too. Seeing this, Masaya yells at his mother. "This is the reason I want to leave home!"

Two weeks pass by without Masaya talking to his mother. In need of money to take the art university exam in Tokyo, Masaya begs his aunt Kanae for money. But Kanae scolds him for not realizing how hard his mother worked to raise him.

Masaya heads to Tokyo for the exam. On the bus to Tokyo, he meets Manami Sasaki, who is also on her way to Tokyo for an entrance exam. In Tokyo's beautiful night scenery, Masaya sees Tokyo Tower shining with particular brilliance.

  • taken from fuji website

http://www.fujitv.co.jp/en/program/new_prog/d_tokyotower.html

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Episode Ratings

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Source: Video Research, Ltd.

External Links



Autumn 2006
Fuji TV
Spring 2007
Nodame Cantabile
Monday 21:00
TBA
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