Movie: The Homeless Student

Top 9 Billed Cast

Teppei Koike
小池徹平

Hiroshi Tamura

Akihiro Nishino
Akihiro Nishino

Kenichi Tamura

Chizuru Ikewaki
池脇千鶴

Sachiko Tamura

Issey Ogata
イッセー尾形

Ichiro Tamura

Tomoka Kurotani
黒谷友香

Natsumi Kudo

Ryudo Uzaki
宇崎竜童

Masamitsu Kawai

Yuko Kotegawa
古手川祐子

Kyoko Tamura

Yuko Tanaka
田中裕子

Michiyo Kawai

Kai Ato
阿藤快

Father

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    Based on an autobiography by Hiroshi Tamura, the film follows story of the author's experience of homelessness when this father suddenly decides to abandon his family. Hiroshi and his older siblings do all what they can to withstand the trouble they encounter along their way.

  • Release Date

    2008-10-28

  • Average

    6.3

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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