The Horse Thief

The Horse Thief

1986•1h 28m•6.6/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.6/10(50)

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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Production

Xi'an Film Studio

Language

ZH

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Rigzin Tseshang

Norbu

Jiji Dan

Dolma

Jamco Jayang

Tashi

Daiba

Granny

Drashi

Grandfather

Gaoba

Nowre

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