Tokyo Refugees
2014, Japanese. Directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 22 February 2014
- Original title
- 東京難民
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Takeshi Aoshima
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Tokyo Refugees runs 130 minutes (2h 10m).
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Who directed Tokyo Refugees?
Tokyo Refugees (2014) was directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe and stars Aoi Nakamura, Chihiro Ohtsuka, Mizuki Yamamoto.