Kandak Sema

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| name = Kandak Sema
කන්දක් සේමා

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| director = Asoka Athaudahetti
Tao Nashimoto

| producer = Jayantha Hettiarachchi
Ashu Marasinghe
Samanmalee Padmakumara
Sumithra Rahubaddhe

| writer = Sumithra Rahubaddhe

| based_on = Novel by Sumithra Rahubaddhe

| starring = Nirosha Perera
Jun Etoh
Ayako Kobayashi

| music = Suresh Maliyadde

| cinematography = Ruwan Costa

| editing = Ajith Ramanayake

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| distributor = EAP Theatres

| released = {{Film date|df=y|2023|11|02}}

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| country = Sri Lanka

| language = Sinhala

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| budget = LKR 80 Million

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Kandak Sema (Like a Mountain) ({{langx|si|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{{cite web | url=https://english.gossiplankanews.com/2014/11/oshin-joins-with-sinhala-film-kandak.html | title=Small Oshin for 'Kandak Sema' film | publisher=gossiplankanews | accessdate=3 April 2018}} with Bimal Jayakody in supportive roles. Music composed by Suresh Maliyadde.{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2015/01/22/?fn=sa15012235 |title= Nirosha going Japan after the wedding |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=3 April 2018}}{{cite web | url=http://www.asianmirror.lk/entertainment/item/24845-kandak-sema | title=Sumithra Rahubadda's 'Kandak Sema' Movie To Be Screened Soon | publisher=Asian Mirror | accessdate=3 April 2018 | archive-date=19 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619062334/http://www.asianmirror.lk/entertainment/item/24845-kandak-sema | url-status=dead }} The film is based on the novel written by Sumithra Rahubaddhe and her script.{{cite web | url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2023/11/30/26082/තිරරචකයාගේ-ඔළුවේ-තමයි-මුලින්ම-රූප-මැවෙන්නේ | title=තිරරචකයාගේ ඔළුවේ තමයි මුලින්ම රූප මැවෙන්නේ: ප්‍රවීණ ලේඛිකා සුමිත්‍රා රාහුබද්ධ | publisher=Sarasaviya | accessdate=30 November 2023}}

The film received mixed reviews from critics.{{cite web | url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/films-local/2023/11/23/26057/කන්දක්-සේ-මා-නවකතාවම-සිනමාගත-කිරීමක් | title=කන්දක් සේ මා නවකතාවම සිනමාගත කිරීමක් | publisher=Sarasaviya | accessdate=30 November 2023}}

Plot

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Cast

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.{{cite web | url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2016/08/07/a-tale-of-love-by-sumithra-rahubadda/ | title=A Tale Of Love By Sumithra Rahubadda | publisher=The Sunday Leader | accessdate=3 April 2018}} It is about a young Sri Lankan woman from an impoverished family who marries a Japanese farmer to escape poverty.{{cite web | url=http://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2009/10/04/spe60.asp | title=Roaming for deprived youth | publisher=The Sunday Observer | accessdate=3 April 2018}} 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2017/02/06/features/106729/still-‘little-oshin’ | title=Still the 'little Oshin' | work=Daily News | accessdate=3 April 2018}}

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