KATHPUTALI: The Angel of the Himalayas (2016)

Puppet

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.

• Release Date: 2016-04-23
• Runtime: 0h 51min
• Production Company: Film creation Nepal
• Production Country: Japan, Nepal
• Director: Ito Toshiaki
• Writer: Toshiaki Ito