Tokyo Refugees

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist composer of the 1930s. She is pregnant by a man she does not want to marry and has found a kindred spirit in a used bookstore owner who aids her research.

Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can't cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is the story of four 13-year-olds in search of their emotions.

In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arranged marriage.

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house offering city residents a comfortable "escape" to nature.

The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.

Mike, a rough sleeper in London, is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. Along the way, he encounters unexpected chances for a fresh start.

Joy lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age, she marries and has a child–with an abusive thief who quickly ends up incarcerated. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure–if that.

An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved.

Hannah and Tahir fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York. Shelter explores how they got there, and as we learn about their pasts we realize they need each other to build a future.

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.

The winds of change blow as a family grapples with unemployment, alienation, mistrust and a lack of communication. When a Japanese salaryman loses his job to outsourcing to China, it's simply the beginning of a series of shattering incidents, leading to the implosion of the family unit.

Working in a Boston homeless shelter, Nick Flynn re-encounters his father, a con man and self-proclaimed poet. Sensing trouble in his own life, Nick wrestles with the notion of reaching out yet again to his dad.

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.

Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named Paradise. The hookers live in a bombed-out building, but they accept the precarious situation with typical resolve.

In a near-future Japanese city bracing for a devastating earthquake, a group of teenage friends navigate personal struggles and fractured bonds amid rising tension.

A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter.

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.

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Stardom 15th Anniversary Series ~ New Year Stars 2026 in Korakuen ~ Day 2 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on January 11, 2026 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. It was main evented by Konami, Rina and Fukigen Death (members of H.A.T.E.) defending the Artist of Stardom Championship against Hina, Lady C and Tomoka Inaba (members of God's Eye).

Stardom 15th Anniversary Series ~ New Year Stars 2026 in Korakuen ~ Day 3 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on January 21, 2026 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. It was main evented by Konami defending the Wonder of Stardom Championship against H.A.T.E. stablemate, Rina.

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Tokyo Joshi Pro '23 was a professional wrestling event promoted by Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling and took place on January 4, 2023, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. It was the 8th consecutive TJPW show held there on the Ittenyon public holiday, and was headlined by Yuka Sakazaki defending the Princess of Princess Championship against Miyu Yamashita.

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

Jonathan must protect himself and his younger sister by escaping the home of their abusive father.

Weenie follows the story of a young woman experiencing homelessness by depicting the moments before she her homes in a series of snapshot scenes.

A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own mark in the world.

A wealthy couple from the Pacific Palisades discovers homeless young lovers have moved into their home.

Tokyo Dream Cinderella 2021 Special Edition was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on June 12, 2021 at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Due to the then-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this show was pushed back several weeks from its original date, and included the also-rescheduled semi-final and final matches for the 2021 edition of the company's long-running Cinderella Tournament. In the main event, Syuri challenged Utami Hayashishita for the World of Stardom Championship, a match that would become legendary for the promotion, particularly in the United States.

A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, Jack suspects that Madame M is back in business.

A hitchhiker makes his way towards the coast.

Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara in 1971, Sunset Sunrise (Hi wa shizumi, hi wa noboru) is a “hippie” road movie chronicling the trek that a handful of people take in order to reach Katmandú, the capital of Nepal.

Brash businessman Hideki (Arata Iura) convinces his Tokyo bosses he can turn a profitless Montana cattle ranch into a premiere-performing asset. However, when his Japanese Wagyu-beef expert fails him, Hideki is poised to fail unless he identifies a missing element that's key to the transformation: himself.

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Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

A babysitter takes the son of a wealthy family for a walk in the park. After a carelessness of the babysitter, the child follows two children from the street, who before returning him with her, will be responsible for giving him the best day of his life.

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.