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Tokyo Refugees

5.020142h 10mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorKiyoshi Sasabe
WriterTakeshi Aoshima
ProducersMasaaki Usui·Atsushi Moriyama

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Streaming in 1 other country

Tokyo Refugees isn't on any streaming service in United States right now, but it's available in Japan. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe

ANAoi Nakamura
Aoi Nakamura
Shu Tokieda
COChihiro Ohtsuka
Chihiro Ohtsuka
Akane Hojo
MYMizuki Yamamoto
Mizuki Yamamoto
Rui
SASho Aoyagi
Sho Aoyagi
Junya
ANAkiyoshi Nakao
Akiyoshi Nakao
Kojiro
NKNobuaki Kaneko
Nobuaki Kaneko
Atsushi Kodama
JIJun Inoue
Jun Inoue
Suzumoto
YKYuta Kanai
Yuta Kanai
Karube
MOMotoki Ochiai
Motoki Ochiai
Shun
ST
Saburo Tamura
Serizawa
YO
Yôichi Okamura
Naganuma
NO
Nobuhiko Otani
Mori

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