COLLECTION · Series · 2014

Silent Poor

Name: Silent Poor
Genre: Drama
Duration: 48 min

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Silent poor... the poor and needy whose cries for help are drowned out in today's busling society. Their existence is spreading rapidly across the nation, and as such, the government decided to set up a body to help them. Nationwide, there are now people called Community Social Workers (CSW), and their jobs are to attend to the poor and needy. One such person is Satomi Ryo, and she works at the Shitamachi area's Council of Welfare. The people that she meets in her busy working life are people afflicted with juvenile dementia, those who have shunned society and locked themselves up in their rooms, the homeless... generally people who are in despair over life and the fate dealt to them. Ryo herself had been down the lonely road before, and as a way to pull herself out of her depression, she decided to work as a CSW, in order to help others like her. She strongly believes that one can always start all over again, and it is her belief that helps her to move forward in life.

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* 0.0 (0)DramaJapan

Directors

Masaya Iseda

Countries

Japan

Studios

NHK

Runtime

48 min/ep

Release

08/04/2014

Score

0.0 / 10

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Seasons and episodes

Season 1

9 episodes · 2014

Episode 1. I Won't Let This Hand Go

2014-04-08 · 48 min

Young Satomi Ryo works as a CSW (Community Service Worker) for her local Social Welfare Agency. Her job is to seek out those in her community who are calling out for help for the problems they face but who aren't able to make themselves…

Episode 2. A Family's Sun

2014-04-15 · 48 min

Ryo works with a new CSW worker to try and help a family who is been suffering from multiple, overlapping problems. While Ryo struggles to help the family with their issues and keep them together, those issues nevertheless threaten to…

Episode 3. The Last Happiness

2014-04-22 · 48 min

Ryo comes to the aid of a homeless man who is caught breaking into the apartment he had lived in at one time. The man rebuffs her efforts to help, but Ryo is nothing but determined in her efforts; particularly when she finds out the man…

Episode 4. A Mother's Song

2014-04-29 · 48 min

Ryo's friend and Welfare Officer Keiko's mother is experiencing premature dementia, frustrating Keiko, especially since she still has bitter memories of her mother abandoning her as a child. Now her mother has suddenly wandered off with…

Episode 5. 30 Years of Loneliness

2014-05-06 · 48 min

Ryo and the other CSW workers have started a cafe salon to give those who have withdrawn from society a chance to talk together. This surprisingly brings in the otherwise irritable Neighborhood Council Chief Sonomura, who it turns out has…

Episode 6. A Tiny SOS

2014-05-13 · 48 min

Ryo comes into contact with a young boy sitting in the streets at night. Turns out his mother is a Filipino immigrant who works most of the day. The boy soon begins turning to Ryo though when he has trouble at home. Before long Ryo is…

Episode 7. The Heart That Can't Be Reached

2014-05-20 · 48 min

Ryo works with a woman who wants to take her husband home from the hospital after he had been in a serious traffic accident. Although he has recovered to some degree, dealing with his new disabilities may be more than his wife bargained…

Episode 8. Only at Your Side

2014-05-27 · 48 min

In this, the penultimate episode, Ryo is made a part of the earthquake evacuees assistance group, focusing on refugees from Fukushima. She soon meets a couple with two children where the husband hasn't been able to find work and has…

Episode 9. Final: I Won't Let Go of This Hand

2014-06-03 · 48 min

In this the final episode, a major storm is about to strike at Tokyo, forcing Ryo and the other CSW workers to try and help the elderly and handicapped in their district to reach safety. However, the storm over Tokyo isn't the only storm…

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