Tongpan
7.4/ 10 5 votes 1977-01-01 1h 0m 1 popularity
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.
Director: Euthana Mukdasanit
Ong-art Ponethon
Tongpan
Phomhom Pilasombat
Tongpan's Wife
Ruengyos Srisorodsakul
College Student
Khamsing Srinawk
Academic at Seminar
Sane Chamarik
Speaker at Seminar
Peter Bell
Hydro-electricity Expert at Seminar
Sulak Sivaraksa
Seminar Participant
Surachai Chantimatorn
Minstrel
