
Tongpan
Drama
Overview
Tongpan is a 1977 Thai 16 mm black-and-white docudrama that re-creates a seminar that took place in Northeast Thailand in 1975 to discuss the proposed Pa-Mong Dam on the Mekong. Interwoven are sequences depicting a poor farmer, Tongpan, who had lost his land to another dam some years before, and his struggles to make ends meet.
Top Cast
Ong-art Ponethon
Ong-art Ponethon
Tongpan
Ong-art Ponethon
Tongpan
Phomhom Pilasombat
Phomhom Pilasombat
Tongpan's Wife
Phomhom Pilasombat
Tongpan's Wife
Ruengyos Srisorodsakul
Ruengyos Srisorodsakul
College Student
Ruengyos Srisorodsakul
College Student
Khamsing Srinawk
Khamsing Srinawk
Academic at Seminar
Khamsing Srinawk
Academic at Seminar
Sane Chamarik
Sane Chamarik
Speaker at Seminar
Sane Chamarik
Speaker at Seminar
Peter Bell
Peter Bell
Hydro-electricity Expert at Seminar
Peter Bell
Hydro-electricity Expert at Seminar
Sulak Sivaraksa
Sulak Sivaraksa
Seminar Participant
Sulak Sivaraksa
Seminar Participant
Surachai Chantimatorn
Surachai Chantimatorn
Minstrel
Surachai Chantimatorn
Minstrel
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