The Homeless Student

Oct 28, 2008

1h 56m

★ 6.3

Overview

Based on an autobiography by Hiroshi Tamura, the film follows story of the author's experience of homelessness when this father suddenly decides to abandon his family. Hiroshi and his older siblings do all what they can to withstand the trouble they encounter along their way.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

TOHO

Burning Production

dentsu

Fuji Television Network

Sedic International

Wani Books

Yoshimoto Kogyo

Sedic Deux

Yoshimoto Creative Agency

The Homeless Student Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Hiroshi Tamura

Teppei Koike

Kenichi Tamura

Akihiro Nishino

Sachiko Tamura

Chizuru Ikewaki

Ichiro Tamura

Issey Ogata

Natsumi Kudo

Tomoka Kurotani

Masamitsu Kawai

Ryudo Uzaki

Kyoko Tamura

Yuko Kotegawa

Michiyo Kawai

Yuko Tanaka

Father

Kai Ato

Mikiko Ichiki

Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.

6.2

Oppai Volleyball

Apr 18, 2009

Terajima Mikako became a boys volleyball team coach at a junior high school she has been assigned to. As an incentive for the team members who do not show the slightest enthusiasm, she promises to show them her boobs if they win a game.

8.0

New World

Oct 29, 2011

Coco, a Beijing modern girl wants to spend a romantic and fancy Christmas vacation in Osaka. However the place where she gets in is Shinsekai ( "New World" in English, is an old neighbourhood located next to south Osaka city's downtown "Minami " area, as known as one of the most poorest and dangerous area in Osaka.)When she arrives there, she starts feeling regret and frustrated by the encounters and the landscapes which are far beyond her expectation. Suddenly she is involved in an incident surrounds a Chinese family there, meanwhile she starts fascinated by Shinsekai through her wondering. In this short and unusual Christmas vacation, Coco discovers a "Japan " she never knows and a "China" that she is not familiar with.

6.1

Where the Day Takes You

Sep 11, 1992

King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts as a mentor to troubled kids such as gay hustler Little J and junkie Greg. When Heather, a beautiful girl from Chicago, starts hanging out with King and his crew, it changes the dynamic of the gang. However, it seems as though nothing will alter their dangerous lifestyle.

6.6

Black Rain

Sep 22, 1989

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.

6.8

Somers Town

Aug 22, 2008

Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and Euston stations, where his dad is working on a new rail link.

6.6

Half Nelson

Aug 11, 2006

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.

6.0

An Osaka Story

Mar 6, 1957

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.

5.8

The French Kissers

Jun 10, 2009

An awkward adolescent boy and his angst-ridden friends try their best to fit in amongst a cast of varied characters.

6.6

Terkel in Trouble

Apr 2, 2004

6th-grader Terkel begins experiencing a streak of bad luck after sitting on a black spider. His teacher dies and is replaced by the strange Justin. At home, Terkel's Uncle Stewart erupts in sporadic fits of rage, and at school Terkel is bullied by two boys after they learn that fat Doris likes him. On a school camping trip, Terkel begins receiving death threats and must figure out who wants to kill him.

7.0

A Girl on the Shore

Aug 20, 2021

Keisuke Isobe and Koume Satou live a rather dull life. But when Koume's crush breaks her heart, their situation becomes quite unordinary. She starts a "no-strings-attached" relationship with Keisuke, whom she had previously rejected, both finding solace in the other in order to fill the emotional voids in their lives.

No Image

0.0

Lady D

Invalid Date

Rejected by their family, school and society, three teenagers wind up defenseless on the mean streets of Tirana.

0.0

Stardom 13th Goddesses of Stardom Tag League in Osaka

Oct 22, 2023

13th Goddesses of Stardom Tag League in Osaka was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on October 22, 2023 at EDION Arena Osaka No.2 in Osaka, Japan. It served as the third event for the company's annual round-robin tag team tournament.

7.0

Keys of Heaven

Mar 6, 2014

Iran, 1984. Homeless brothers struggle to survive in a country at war.

7.9

A Whisker Away

Jun 18, 2020

A peculiar girl transforms into a cat to catch her crush's attention. But before she realizes it, the line between human and animal starts to blur.

7.6

Beyond the Blackboard

Apr 24, 2011

Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter’s makeshift classroom. Set in 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this movie tells the story a brand-new teacher and Mom who is given a tougher than expected teaching job and winds up teaching homeless children in a school that is housed in a room and called, literally, The School with No Name. She has some personal prejudicial hurdles to cross before she is able to be a true teacher for these children and of course there are hurdles like the lack of books and supplies.

0.0

Between the Miles

Sep 27, 2016

Florence, a hapless musician, takes three homeless teens off the streets of Los Angeles and into her care only to realize she has to overcome her own reckless tendencies in order to care for them.