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Tokyo Refugees(2014)
Status: Released
Date: 2014-02-22
46%
7 Votes
Time: 2h 10m
Scraping by in the Tokyo streets.
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
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CineMove
Movie: Tokyo Refugees
Top 10 Billed Cast
中村蒼
Shu Tokieda
大塚千弘
Akane Hojo
山本美月
Rui
青柳翔
Junya
中尾明慶
Kojiro
金子ノブアキ
Atsushi Kodama
井上順
Suzumoto
金井勇太
Karube
落合モトキ
Shun
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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.
Release Date
2014-02-22
Average
4.6
Rating:
2.3 startsTagline
Scraping by in the Tokyo streets.
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