Back to browse
50% Critic Match
Tokyo Refugees
“Scraping by in the Tokyo streets.”
5.0 / 10• 2014• 2h 10m•NR• Japanese
Drama
Storyline
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 & Crew
Aoi Nakamura
Shu Tokieda
Lead
Chihiro Ohtsuka
Akane Hojo
Mizuki Yamamoto
Rui
Sho Aoyagi
Junya
Akiyoshi Nakao
Kojiro
Nobuaki Kaneko
Atsushi Kodama
Jun Inoue
Suzumoto
Yuta Kanai
Karube
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kiyoshi Sasabe's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Tokyo Refugees is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
