Film · Drama

Tokyo Refugees (2014)

Scraping by in the Tokyo streets.

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.

Director

Kiyoshi Sasabe

Writers

Takeshi Aoshima

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Release date

February 22, 2014

Original title

東京難民