

Movie·2014·2h 10m
Tokyo Refugees
Scraping by in the Tokyo streets.
Directed By
Kiyoshi Sasabe
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: 東京難民
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.
Written By
Takeshi Aoshima
Producer
Masaaki Usui, Atsushi Moriyama
Cinematography
Masaaki Sakae
Music
Koji Endo
Editor
Yukako Kobayashi
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
8 votes
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