Watch Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

This Japanese drama film premiered in theaters in 2007. It is based upon the autobiography of Japanese writer Lili Franky. The film is about a young boy named Masaya and his mother Eiko. The boy's mother decides to leave behind her husband in Tokyo because he is an alcoholic. She works hard to raise Masaya in the rural town that they have resettled. Masays is irresponsible and lazy at first and follows in his father's footsteps. However, when his mother falls ill and develops cancer, he sobers up and takes care of her in Tokyo.