Ashigara-san

Overview

A documentary following a homeless man who has lived on the streets of Shinjuku for more than twenty years. Director Motoharu Iida met the man, known as “Ashigara-san,” while volunteering to support homeless people in Shinjuku beginning in 1996. Wanting to learn more about his life, Iida began regularly visiting him with a camera and spent three years making this film.