Homelessness in Dramaland
Tracking how homelessness is portrayed in dramaland. What kinds of stories are told about it?
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1. Kaso Girei
Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
The leads both experience homelessness in the beginning of the story
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2. Happy of the End
Japanese Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
Chihiro is chronically(?) homeless until he moves in with Haoren, who has an unstable home life (keeps needing to move into somewhere else)
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3. Farewell My Concubine
Chinese Movie - 1993
The lead loses his family and ends up homeless (iirc) before getting taken in by a peking opera troupe in the beginning of the story.
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4. Todome no Kiss
Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
A supporting character is homeless for the full duration of the show.
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5. Word of Honor
Chinese Drama - 2021, 36 episodes
The ML pretends to be a homeless beggar in the beginning of the story. There is also the beggar guild, which seems to be made up of people without homes.
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6. Youkai Share House
Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
The FL starts of the story without a home and ends up moving in with a bunch of yokais out of desperation. She is homeless for a very short amount of time like most of the shows on this list.
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7. Chihiro
Japanese Movie - 2023
There is a supporting character who is without a home. Chihiro takes him into her home, but he does not stay long. Eventually he ends up squatting in an abandoned building before passing away.