Tokyo Refugees (2014)

5.0/10 • 130 min • Drama

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.

Cast

Aoi Nakamura

Chihiro Ohtsuka

Mizuki Yamamoto

Sho Aoyagi

Akiyoshi Nakao

Nobuaki Kaneko

Jun Inoue

Yuta Kanai

Motoki Ochiai

Shun

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Kanji Tsuda

Mantaro Koichi

Seiji Fukushi

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