My Small Land

My Small Land

114 mins | Drama | May 6, 2022

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.

My Small Land

114 mins | Drama | May 6, 2022

My Small Land
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers NHK, Aoi Promotion, FILM-IN-EVOLUTION, ARTE/Cofinova 18
Original title マイスモールランド
Directors Emma Kawawada
Writers Emma Kawawada

Cast

Lina Arashi

as Sarya

Daiken Okudaira

as Sota Zakiyama

Arashi Kahafizadeh

as Mazrum

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

Sei Hiraizumi

as Makoto Yamanaka