Tokyo Poverty Girl

Overview

After her divorce, Kariya Mako returned to work as a contract editor for an economics magazine. There, she is ordered to be in charge of a serialization based on the theme of women in poverty. She interviews people living in various difficult situations, and it gradually makes her realize that this is a widespread problem that she herself is not entirely impervious to, as she is also someone dealing with employment instability while struggling to raise her children.

Seasons

Season 1

6 episodes

Cast

Shuri

Kariya Mako

Takahiro Miura

Sakita Yuji

Momoko Tanabe

Hirota Yuka

Reika Kirishima

Kawakami Noriko

Miyazawa Emma

Mitsui Keiko

Machiko Kochi

Murakami Aoi

Seira Anzai

Ishioka Bautista Lisa

Yasushi Fuchikami

Mochizuki Ryotaro

Hitomi Takahashi

Miyashita Nahoko