Pi sheng shang de hun
Subtitle: Soul on a string
By: written by Tashi Dawa and Zhang Yang ; producer, Zhang Yang ; director, Zhang Yang ; a Zhang Yang film
Contributors: Tashi Dawa, 1959- screenwriter; Kimba, actor; Quni, Ciren, actor; Siano, Dudiom Zahi, actor; Solange, Nima, actor; Daming, Guo, cinematographer; Mouaness, Oualid, film director; Tashi Dawa, 1959-; Tashi Dawa, 1959-; Heli Chenguang International Culture Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd; MaiSong Film and Television Investment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd; Film Movement (Firm)
Series: Film movement -- [year 15, film 6]; Film Movement series -- v. 15, film 6.
Published: 2017
Language: tib
Format: [videorecording] =
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781501958496; 9786317011762
Subjects: Religious articles; Mountains; Magic; Nomads; Quests (Expeditions); Drama; Voyages and travels; Buddhism; Religious life; Mysticism; Sacred stones
Other titles: Soul on a string; Pi sheng shang de hun (Motion picture); Rifle, the jackal, the wolf, and the boy.
Description: After discovering a sacred stone in the mouth of a slain deer, Taibei, a young Tibetan wanderer, embarks on a mission of redemption in order to bring the divine artifact back to its rightful home, the holy Mountain of Buddha's Handprint. Danger and treachery await at every step, as black market traders and two brothers in search of vengeance stand in his path. Along the way, however, Taibei encounters a motley band of followers that help him on his strange and mystical journey.
Notes: Title, in Chinese and English, from title frame at 14:06; credits from container.

Presented by Heli Chen Guang International Culture Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd.; LeTV (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.; Le Shi Internet Information & Technology Corp., Beijing; Yunnan Shang Li Culture Communication Co., Ltd.; Horgos Helichenguang Film Produce Co., Ltd.; Shanghai He Li Television Meida Co., Ltd.; MaiSong Film Investment (Bejing) Co., Ltd.

Based on stories by Tashi Dawa (Zhaxidawa) collected in English under the title: A soul in bondage : stories from Tibet.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.

Wide screen (16x9).

Includes also a bonus short film: The rifle, the jackal, the wolf, and the boy (18 min.), directed by Qualid Mouaness. In Arabic with English subtitles.

Director of photography, Sun Li ; editor, Yang Hongyu ; composer, Zhang Jian.

Kimba, Quni Ciren, Siano Dudiom Zahi, Solange Nima.

Not rated.

DVD; NTSC; all regions; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; 5.1 surround sound or 2.0 stereo.

Tibetan dialogue with English subtitles; closed-captioned.