Release Date

April, 23rd, 2016

Running Time

51 min

Genre

Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

DVD

Screen Size

-

Sound Processing

-

Screening Format with Subtitles

English (DVD)

[ Directed by ]

• ITO Toshiaki

[ Produced by ]

• ITO Toshiaki

[ Cast ]

• Ganesh Man Lama ── Ramesh
• Kangan Lama ── Nisha
• Mithila Sharma ── Radhika

[ Staff ]

• Zivesh Yonjan ── Assistant Director
• Ajit Bhattarai ── Cinematography
• Prakash Gurung ── Music
• Deep Tuladhar ── Sound
• ITO Toshiaki ── Screenplay

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

Film Creation Nepal

[ Story ]

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.

[ Official Site ]

http://www.rsch.tuis.ac.jp/~ito/kathputali

[ Contact (International) ]

Film Creation Nepal
Attn: ITO Toshiaki
E-mail: ito@rsch.tuis.ac.jp