My Small Land
May 06 2022
•2h 54m
•Drama
Sarya lives between three worlds: Having fled from Turkey to Japan, her small family tries to maintain their Kurdish traditions. On the other hand, Sarya, who arrived when she was five, feels at home in Japan. But then, the family loses its refugee-status. Life becomes unpredictable and their days in Japan seem numbered. A haunting story about the balancing act of finding your place in the world.
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Lina Arashi
Sarya
Daiken Okudaira
Sota Zakiyama
Arashi Kahafizadeh
Mazrum
Lilly Kahafizadeh
Arin
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