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 | April 23, 2016 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Kathputali Kaze no mura no densetsu | |
| Runtime | 51min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | English, Japanese, Nepali | |
| Original Language | Nepali | |
| Production Countries | Japan, Nepal | |
| Production Companies | Film creation Nepal | |