Back Drop Kurdistan

The Kazankirans a Kurdish family from Turkey came to Japan seeking asylum but the Japanese government would not grant them official refugee status In desperation the family stages a sitin demonstration in front of the United Nations University The Kazankirans spirited fight motivates film student Masaru Nomoto to drop out of school in order to document their story However contrary to the principle of nonrefoulement the father and eldest son of the family get deported in 2005 Unable to continue being a passive observer the then 21yearold director follows them to Turkey where he engages with locals and discovers new perspectives about the Kurdish people and identity