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Kandak Sema (Like a Mountain) (Sinhala: කන්දක් සේමා) is a 2023 Sri Lankan Sinhalese language romantic drama film directed by Asoka Athaudahetti and co-directed by Tao Nashimotho. The film is co-produced by Sumithra Rahubaddhe, Jayantha Hettiarachchi, Ashu Marasinghe and Samanmalee Padmakumara. It stars Nirosha Perera and Japanese actor Jun Etoh in lead roles along with Japanese actress Ayako Kobayashi with Bimal Jayakody in supportive roles. Music composed by Suresh Maliyadde. The film is based on the novel written by Sumithra Rahubaddhe and her script.
The film received mixed reviews from critics.
Plot
Cast
Nirosha Perera as Nupa
Jun Etoh as Masaya San
Ayako Kobayashi as Sora San
Dineth De Silva
Bimal Jayakody as Sumal
Cyril Wickramage
Veena Jayakody
Chandani Seneviratne
Wasantha Kotuwella
Kaushalya Fernando
Priyankara Rathnayake
Vishwajith Gunasekara
Jayani Senanayake
Dasun Pathirana
Lakshman Mendis
Pubudu Chathuranga
Production
Kandak Sema is a 2009 novel by Sri Lankan author Sumithra Rahubaddhe. The book won all five awards in 2010 from five literary festivals in Sri Lanka. It is about a young Sri Lankan woman from an impoverished family who marries a Japanese farmer to escape poverty. The book was adapted into the film where popular Oshin actress, Ayako Kobayashi made her acting debut in Sri Lankan Sinhala language cinema in a supporting role.
References
External links
Kandak Sema on Sinhala Cinema Database
Kandak Sema at IMDb
Kandak Sema on YouTube
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kandak Sema
- Minnu
- Bimal Jayakody
- Asian migrant brides in Japan
- List of Sri Lankan films of the 2020s
- Nihada Sewaneli
- Kaushalya Fernando
- Ruwan Costa
- Jayani Senanayake
- Pubudu Chathuranga
