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KATHPUTALI: The Angel of the Himalayas

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Apr 23, 2016 · 51m
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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.

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CAST

Ganesh Man Lama
Ramesh
Kangan lama
Nisha
Mithila Sharma
Radhika
Directed by Ito Toshiaki

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Status
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Original language
NE
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Film creation Nepal
Country
JP, NP

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