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Female Living Buddha, The
Variant Title:	Nu huo fo
Content:	Feature Film
Available From:	Nan Hai Co., Inc., U.S.A.
Media Type:	Videocassette
Release Date:	1989, 1987
Audience:	Higher Education Secondary Education
Running Time:	157 min.
Physical Description:	2 videocassettes (157 min.)
Language:	Chinese with English Subtitles
Author:	Directed by Li Wei
Subject:	Diaspora and Ethnicity Philosophy and Religion Gender and Women's Studies
Subheading:	Buddhism Tibetan Women
Region:	East Asia
Country:	China Tibet

A historical drama, set in 1959 just after the liberation of Tibet. Members of the Tibetan aristocracy scheme to move the female living Buddha to India, where she is kept in a lonely inn. Eventually, with the help of the good innkeeper and the Chinese Consulate, she is able to return to her homeland. With Pubu Zhuoma, Zhaxi Dunzhu, Zhuoma, Duoji.

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