The Horse Thief (1986)
1h 28m
Running Time
January 1, 1986Release Date
Plot.
Devout Buddhists, Norbu and Dolma live with their young son Tashi in a clan in Tibet. Norbu is a highwayman. After Norbu is charged with stealing from the temple, he and his family are banished. Impoverished and marginalized, they can do little when their beloved son becomes ill. Tashi dies of a fever. After a second son is born, Norbu focuses his every action on keeping this child alive, seeking re-admission to the clan for his wife and child, then risking all to save them from isolation and starvation in winter.
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Cast & Crew.
Rigzin Tseshang
Norbu
Jiji Dan
Dolma
Jamco Jayang
Tashi, son
Daiba
Granny
Drashi
Grandfather
Gaoba
Nowre
Zhao Fei
Director of Photography
Hou Yong
Director of Photography
Wu Tianming
Producer
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Director
Huo Jianqi
Art Direction
Rui Zhang
Writer
Pan Peicheng
Co-Director
Xiao-Song Qu
Music
Yao Zhuoxi
Lighting Technician
Jingzhong Li
Editor
Kezhi Li
Editor
Xiaoping Xu
Costume Design
Changqin Li
Unit Manager
Ruixiang Xu
Props
Jianping Yang
Art Direction
Dong-zhi Hui
Sound
Dong-zhi Hui
Sound Recordist
Shunfa Lu
Foley Artist
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Horse Thief is a 1986 Chinese film by director Tian Zhuangzhuang. It follows one of Tian's favorite topics, Chinese minorities, a topic he touched upon in 1984's On the Hunting Ground and would return to in 2004's documentary, Delamu. Like these other films, The Horse Thief shows Tian's fascination with China's ethnic minorities, and in particular the Buddhist ceremonies that these peoples practice.
The Horse Thief was produced by the Xi'an Film Studio.
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