My Small Land (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.
Director:
Emma Kawawada
Writer:
Emma Kawawada
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Lina Arashi as Sarya |
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Daiken Okudaira as Sota Zakiyama |
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Arashi Kahafizadeh as Mazrum |
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Lilly Kahafizadeh as Arin |
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Lion Kahafizadeh as Robin |
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Takashi Fujii as Ota Takeshi |
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Chizuru Ikewaki as Noriko Zakiyama |
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Hanae Kan as Yuko Komukai |
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Shunya Itabashi as Hideo Hara |
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Yuzumi Shintani as Manami Nishimori |
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Sakura as Shiori Nohara |
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Sahel Rosa as Ronahi |
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Sei Hiraizumi as Makoto Yamanaka |
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Oolongta Yoshida as |
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Kentaro Tamura as |
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Ryo Ikeda as |
| Production | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Emma Kawawada | Director |
| Writing | Emma Kawawada | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Keijirô Akiyama | Lighting Director |
| Production | Eitaro Kobayashi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Eiji Kitahara | Development Producer |
| Production | Yu Shibuya | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Hidetoshi Shinomiya | Director of Photography |
| Production | Satoru Matsumoto | Executive Producer |
| Production | Antoine Morand | Co-Producer |
| Production | Hajime Ushioda | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kenji Hamada | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Hideki Fujinami | Co-Producer |
| Production | Satoshi Kono | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tatsumi Yoda | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hiromi Morishige | Producer |
| Art | Juntaro Fukuoka | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Yuki Yaei | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Shinichi Fushima | Editor |
| Editing | Alexandra Pocquet | Colorist |
| Sound | Xavier Thieulin | Recording Supervision |
| Writing | Emma Kawawada | Story |
| Production | Megumi Banse | Producer |
| Art | Seo Hyeon-Seon | Production Design |
| Production | Kenji Hamada | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | 那須野詞 | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Shôichi Morimoto | Assistant Director |