''Never Shall We Be Enslaved'' also known as ''Thu Kyun Ma Khan Pyi'' ( my, သူ့ကျွန်မခံပြီ), is a 1997
Burmese historical
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...
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war
War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...
drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...
film, directed by
Kyi Soe Tun
Kyi Soe Tun ( my, ကြည်စိုးထွန်း, ; born 9 December 1945) is a five-time Myanmar Academy Award winning film director, producer and screenwriter of Burmese cinema. He served as the chairman of the Myanmar Motion Picture ...
starring
Nyunt Win
Nyunt Win ( my, ညွန့်ဝင်း; 8 March 1941 – 1 July 2021) was a Burmese film actor. He won seven Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards throughout his distinguished career, the most of any recipient in Burmese history.
Nyunt Wi ...
, Nay Aung,
Kyaw Thu,
Kyaw Ye Aung
Kyaw Ye Aung ( my, ကျော်ရဲအောင် ; born 5 May 1966 in Bogale) is a two-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese actor . He won his first Myanmar Academy Award for Best Actor in 1996 with "''Thar thame zanee Kyinwar''" ...
,
Lwin Moe
Lwin Moe ( my, လွင်မိုး, ; born 1970) is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese film actor.
He was born on an island in the Mergui Archipelago at the southern end of Myanmar. Father of two girls, Lwin Moe was a UNICE ...
,
May Than Nu
May Than Nu ( my, မေသန်းနု; born on 27 January 1961) is a Burmese film actress. She has won 5 Myanmar Academy Awards throughout her career.
Biography
May Than Nu was born Than Than Hsint (သန်းသန်းဆင့်) ...
,
San Shar Tin
San Shar Tin ( my, စံရှားတင်; born 11 November 1934) is a Burmese actress and anyeint dancer. She won Best Actress Award for 1966 and Best Supporting Actress Award for 1983 in Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards.
Early life ...
and
Nandar Hlaing
Nandar Hlaing ( my, နန္ဒာလှိုင်; also spelt Nanda Hlaing) is a Myanmar film actress of Mon descent. She was one of the leading actresses of Myanmar from mid 90s to mid 2000s. She won the 1998 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy ...
.
Synopsis
On May 7, 1885, at a time when Burma was
about to fall to the British. Also in the
King's Palace, the Lord of Navy (
Nyunt Win
Nyunt Win ( my, ညွန့်ဝင်း; 8 March 1941 – 1 July 2021) was a Burmese film actor. He won seven Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards throughout his distinguished career, the most of any recipient in Burmese history.
Nyunt Wi ...
) and Bo Kyaw Khaung (
Kyaw Ye Aung
Kyaw Ye Aung ( my, ကျော်ရဲအောင် ; born 5 May 1966 in Bogale) is a two-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese actor . He won his first Myanmar Academy Award for Best Actor in 1996 with "''Thar thame zanee Kyinwar''" ...
) were trying to join forces with the French to defend themselves. A group of Bo Thurain (
Kyaw Thu) and Bo Min Htin (
Lwin Moe
Lwin Moe ( my, လွင်မိုး, ; born 1970) is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese film actor.
He was born on an island in the Mergui Archipelago at the southern end of Myanmar. Father of two girls, Lwin Moe was a UNICE ...
), loyal to Prince of Nyaungyan, were trying to defend their own kingdom without relying on anyone. At that time, there was a time of disunity and ethnic division, and the British took advantage of the
illegal logging
Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase or sale of timber in violation of laws. The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission, or from a pro ...
and tried to take over the country. Who fought to keep the Burmese state from falling under its rule? How to defend the country and the nation is a good film that will inspire patriotism.
Cast
*
Nyunt Win
Nyunt Win ( my, ညွန့်ဝင်း; 8 March 1941 – 1 July 2021) was a Burmese film actor. He won seven Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards throughout his distinguished career, the most of any recipient in Burmese history.
Nyunt Wi ...
as Lord of Navy
*Nay Aung as
Sawbwa
Chao-Pha (; Tai Ahom: 𑜋𑜧𑜨 𑜇𑜡, th, เจ้าฟ้า}, shn, ၸဝ်ႈၾႃႉ, translit=Jao3 Fa5 Jao3 Fa5, my, စော်ဘွား ''Sawbwa,'' ) was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the Tai peoples of ...
of
Hsenwi State
Hsenwi ( shn, သဵၼ်ႈဝီ; tdd, ᥔᥦᥢᥲ ᥝᥤᥴ), also known as Theinni ( my, သိန္နီ), was a Shan state in the Northern Shan States in what is today Burma. The capital was Hsenwi town.
History
Most Tai Yai chronicl ...
*
Kyaw Thu as Bo Thurain
*
Kyaw Ye Aung
Kyaw Ye Aung ( my, ကျော်ရဲအောင် ; born 5 May 1966 in Bogale) is a two-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese actor . He won his first Myanmar Academy Award for Best Actor in 1996 with "''Thar thame zanee Kyinwar''" ...
as Bo Kyaw Khaung
*
Lwin Moe
Lwin Moe ( my, လွင်မိုး, ; born 1970) is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese film actor.
He was born on an island in the Mergui Archipelago at the southern end of Myanmar. Father of two girls, Lwin Moe was a UNICE ...
as Bo Min Htin
*
May Than Nu
May Than Nu ( my, မေသန်းနု; born on 27 January 1961) is a Burmese film actress. She has won 5 Myanmar Academy Awards throughout her career.
Biography
May Than Nu was born Than Than Hsint (သန်းသန်းဆင့်) ...
as Saw Shin Oo
*
San Shar Tin
San Shar Tin ( my, စံရှားတင်; born 11 November 1934) is a Burmese actress and anyeint dancer. She won Best Actress Award for 1966 and Best Supporting Actress Award for 1983 in Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards.
Early life ...
as
Hsinbyumashin
Hsinbyumashin ( my, ဆင်ဖြူမရှင်; 22 November 1821 – 26 February 1900) was a senior queen of King Mindon Min during the Konbaung dynasty. She was the daughter of King Bagyidaw and his consort Nanmadaw Me Nu
(Chief Queen of K ...
*
Nandar Hlaing
Nandar Hlaing ( my, နန္ဒာလှိုင်; also spelt Nanda Hlaing) is a Myanmar film actress of Mon descent. She was one of the leading actresses of Myanmar from mid 90s to mid 2000s. She won the 1998 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy ...
as Khin Phone
*Mandalay Thein Zaw as
Sawbwa
Chao-Pha (; Tai Ahom: 𑜋𑜧𑜨 𑜇𑜡, th, เจ้าฟ้า}, shn, ၸဝ်ႈၾႃႉ, translit=Jao3 Fa5 Jao3 Fa5, my, စော်ဘွား ''Sawbwa,'' ) was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the Tai peoples of ...
of
Mongnai State
Mongnai, also known as Möngnai, Mone, Mōng Nai or Monē, was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. Its capital was Mongnai town.
History
Möngnai state was founded before 1800. ...
*Kyaw Nyein Aye as
King Thibaw
Thibaw Min, also Thebaw or Theebaw ( my, သီပေါမင်း, ; 1 January 1859 – 19 December 1916) was the last king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) and also the last Burmese monarch in the country's history. His re ...
*Cho Thin as Queen consort
Supayalat
, image = Queen Supayalat of Burma.jpg
, image_size =
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, succession = Chief queen consort of Burma
, reign = 12 April 1879 – 29 November 1885
, predecessor ...
*Aung Kyaw as
Chief Minister
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*
Mos
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Technology
* MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor), also known as the MOS transistor
* Mathematical Optimization Society
* Model output statistics, a weather-forecasting technique
* MOS (filmm ...
as Doon Oo
*Alexander Babic as
General Prendergast
*San Myint as
Colonel Sladen
Awards
References
External links
*
1997 films
1990s Burmese-language films
Burmese drama films
Films shot in Myanmar
1997 drama films
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