KATHPUTALI: The Angel of the Himalayas

04/23/2016

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0hr 51min

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Drama

,Mystery

Puppet

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Ganesh Man Lama
  • Kangan lama
  • Mithila Sharma

    Director

  • Ito Toshiaki

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Film creation Nepal

    Production Countries

  • Japan
  • Nepal

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Japanese
  • Nepali