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• Movie: The Homeless Student
• Romaji: Hômuresu chûgakusei
• Japanese: ホームレス中学生
• Director: Tomoyuki Furumaya
• Writer: Hiroshi Tamura (novel)
• Producer:
• Cinematographer:
• Release Date: October 25, 2008
• Runtime: 116 min.
• Distributor: Toho
• Movie Studio: Toho
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Notes

1. Movie is based on the best selling autobiographical novel “The Homeless Junior High School Student”, by Hiroshi Tamura (of the comedian duo Kirin).
2. In his autobiographical novel, Tamura wrote that he was homeless during his high school days after the breakup of his parents. He lived in a public park at night, going through such hardships like eating cardboard paper for food.
3. Related titles:
   1. The Homeless Student | Homuresu chugakusei (2008)
   2. Homeless Chugakusei (Fuji TV / 2008)
   3. The Homeless is Junior High School Student | Homeless ga Chugakusei (2008) * Parody
   4. Homeless Chugakusei 2 (Fuji TV / 2009) ---- http://asianmediawiki.com/The_Homeless_Student

The Homeless Student,? film adaptation of a national best-seller autobiography novel ?The Homeless Junior High School Student.? After a term closing ceremony, Hiroshi comes up home and finds the yellow tape says ?attachment on the house entrance. Hiroshi suddenly becomes a homeless at fourteen. He starts to spend his nights in public parks and eat cardboard to survive. Homeless life with laughter and tears. However, through the homeless life, Hiroshi learns important things as a person. .