Kāinga

Kāinga

2022•1h 25m

Drama

Eight Pan-Asian female filmmakers’ powerful anthology film illuminates the immigrant experience in Aotearoa New Zealand through the lives of eight Asian women connected by the house they call home.

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Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Mya Williamson

Aho

Izumi Sugihara

Mikasa

Patricia Senocbit

Candy

Eliana Hwang

Soo Young

Sneha Shetty

Parvati

Masoumeh Hesam Mahmoudinezhad

Parisa

Dharshi Ponnampalam

Vena

Katlyn Wong

Eva

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