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2008

Kathputali Kaze no mura no densetsu

KATHPUTALI: The Angel of the Himalayas

カタプタリ ~風の村の伝説~

(c)Film Creation Nepal Pvt.Ltd.

(c)Film Creation Nepal Pvt.Ltd.

(c)Film Creation Nepal Pvt.Ltd.

(c)Film Creation Nepal Pvt.Ltd.

(c)Film Creation Nepal Pvt.Ltd.

(c)Film Creation Nepal Pvt.Ltd.

(c)Film Creation Nepal Pvt.Ltd.

(c)Film Creation Nepal Pvt.Ltd.

(c)Film Creation Nepal Pvt.Ltd.

(c)Film Creation Nepal Pvt.Ltd.

Release Date
April, 23rd, 2016
Running Time
51 min
Genre
Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
DVD
Screening Format with Subtitles
English (DVD)

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ 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

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