Tokyo Refugees
Scraping by in the Tokyo streets.
Genres
Overview
When his father flees from debt, carefree college student Osamu sees his life turn upside-down. Expelled from school and evicted from his apartment, he becomes one of Japan’s many ‘net cafe refugees’, barely scraping by each day with temporary and part-time work. Even though he’s still in Tokyo, his circumstances drive him to see and experience his home city in new ways. Trying to survive, Osamu gradually acquaints himself with the ‘invisible’ spaces occupied by the wanderers and homeless of Tokyo… people just like himself.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
130 min
Release Date
2014-02-22
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
5.2
Aoi Nakamura
Shu Tokieda
Chihiro Ohtsuka
Akane Hojo
Mizuki Yamamoto
Rui
Sho Aoyagi
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Akiyoshi Nakao
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Nobuaki Kaneko
Atsushi Kodama
Jun Inoue
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Yuta Kanai
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Motoki Ochiai
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Saburo Tamura
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Yôichi Okamura
Naganuma
Nobuhiko Otani
Mori
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Araki
Kanji Tsuda
Police Officer
Mantaro Koichi
Kobayakawa
Seiji Fukushi
Police Officer
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