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Overview
A feature-length documentary film that captures the unusual customs of North-West Nepal — a virgin territory never before visited by foreigners — and is particularly valuable for its depiction of the primitive funeral rite known as sky burial, confirmation of the primitive religion Bon, and the polyandrous marriage system.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 22, 1960
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Shochiku,Yomiuri Eigasha
- Director
- Suketaro Shimada
- Music
- Toshirō Mayuzumi
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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