Film
KATHPUTALI: The Angel of the Himalayas
2016 · 51m · Drama · Mystery
Puppet
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Overview
Leading Nepalese film scholar and Tokyo University of Information Sciences professor Ito Toshiaki serves as the first Japanese director and screenplay writer for a Nepalese film in this mid-length feature film. Screened in Kathmandu and recipient of the National Film Award from the Nepal government and the Nepal Short Film Critic's Award. A couple visits a mountain village in Nepal to put on a puppet theater performance. A young boy named Ramesh is brought to the festival being held in the village by his grandma Maya. There, he meets a girl named Nisha who wears the same ethnic attire as his grandmother.
Cast
Crew
- Ito ToshiakiDirector
- Toshiaki ItoScreenplay
- Ito ToshiakiProducer
Details
- Release date
- April 23, 2016
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Nepali
- Runtime
- 51m
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery
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