My Small Land (2022)
Original title: マイスモールランド
My Small Land is a 2022 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Emma Kawawada, with a running time of 1h 54m. It stars Lina Arashi, Daiken Okudaira and Arashi Kahafizadeh.
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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Cast
- Lina Arashi as Sarya
- Daiken Okudaira as Sota Zakiyama
- Arashi Kahafizadeh as Mazrum
- Lilly Kahafizadeh as Arin
- Lion Kahafizadeh as Robin
- Takashi Fujii as Ota Takeshi
- Chizuru Ikewaki as Noriko Zakiyama
- Hanae Kan as Yuko Komukai
- Shunya Itabashi as Hideo Hara
- Yuzumi Shintani as Manami Nishimori
- Sakura as Shiori Nohara
- Sahel Rosa as Ronahi