In the 1990s, fearing persecution from the Turkish government, about 2,000 Kurdish refugees of Turkish nationality came to settle in a suburb of Tokyo. Here live Ohzan (18), Ramazan (19) and Memet (38). This documentary focuses on these three young Kurds in Japan.
Watch the official Tokyo Kurds 2021 trailer in HD below.
Japan 10 July 2021
Korea 30 April 2022
Netherlands 25 September 2022
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