The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 1997
Kundun
Directed by
Martin Scorsese
From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.
The story
From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.
Cast
Tenzin Thuthob TsarongDalai Lama (Adult)
Tencho GyalpoMother
Tsewang Migyur KhangsarFather
Gyurme TethongDalai Lama (Age 12)
Robert LinChairman Mao
Tulku Jamyang Kunga TenzinDalai Lama (Age 5)
Tenzin Yeshi PaichangDalai Lama (Aged 2)
Tenzin TopjarLobsang (5-10)
Tenzin LodoeTakster
Geshi Yeshi GyatsoLama of Sera
Losang GyatsoThe messenger
Sonam PhuntsokReting Rinpoche
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Gyatso LukhangLord Chamberlain
Losang SamtenMaster of the Kitchen
Jigme TsarongTaktra Rimpoche
Tenzin TrinleyLing Rimpoche
Namgay DorjeeKashag/Nobleman #1
Phintso ThondenKashag/Nobleman #2
Chewang Tsering NgokhangLayman #1
Jamyang TenzinNorbu Thundrup
Tashi DhondupLobsang (Adult)
Jampa LungtokNechung Oracle
Karma WangchukDeformed Face Bodyguard
Kim ChanSecond Chinese General
Henry YukGeneral Tan
Ngawang KaldanPrime Minister Lobsang Tashi
Jurme WangdaPrime Minister Lukhangwa
Salden KungaTibetan Doctor
John WongChinese Comrade
Gawa YoungdungOld Woman
Tenzin RampaTenzin Chonegyl (Age 12)
Vyas AnanthakrishnanIndian Soldier
Stanley Ipkiss
Ken Leung(voice)
Yoon C. JoyceChinese soldier (uncredited)
R. Gern TrowbridgeMonk (uncredited)
Ben WangGeneral Chang Ching-Wu (uncredited)
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