Kyi Soe Tun (, ; born 9 December 1945) is a five-time Myanmar Academy Award winning

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, producer and

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of Burmese cinema. He served as the chairman of the Myanmar Motion Picture Organization.

Biography

Kyi Soe Tun is the son of Daw Hla and her husband U Tun in

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. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from

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. He began his film career in 1977, and first served as director in 1980 in the film ''Chan Myay Pa Say''. He won five national awards academy.

Filmography

Kyi Soe Tun's films include: * '' Sone Yay'' or ''Downstream'' (1990) * ''San Yay'' or ''Upstream'', about a boy who is raised in a monastery after he is abandoned by his parents. Searching for them, he discovers

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. * ''Thu Kyun Ma Khan Bi'' or '' Never Shall We Be Enslaved'' (1997) is about the last king of Burma,

Thibaw Min Thibaw Min, also Thebaw (, ; 1 January 1859 – 16 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 reign ended when the Royal Burmese armed forces ...

. British and French colonialists interfere in the internal affairs of the Burmese kingdom which leads to its destruction and a subsequent revolt to regain independence. (See also

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.) * ''Sacrificial Heart'' (2004) is a drama set in the Pagan Kingdom. In 1074, King

Anawrahta Anawrahta Minsaw (, ; 11 May 1014 – 11 April 1077) was the founder of the Pagan Empire. Considered the father of the Burmese nation, Anawrahta turned a small principality in the dry zone of Upper Burma into the first Burmese Empire that ...

sent his son, General

Kyansittha Kyansittha (, ; also spelt as Kyanzittha or Hti-Hlaing Min; 21 July 1030 – 1112/13) was king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1084 to 1112/13, and is considered one of the greatest Burmese monarchs. He continued the social, econom ...

to help the

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overcome invaders. Kyanzittha fell in love with the Mon king's wife, thus beginning a love triangle amidst the war. * '' True Love'' (2005) is about a romance between a

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man and a young Burmese woman. * ''Hexagon'' (2006) is a comedy about six

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women who are very optimistic about the future of their children to be.

References

* Rithdee, Kong. August 11, 2006. "Cultural Exchange," Realtime, page 1, ''The Bangkok Post'' (print edition).

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1945 births Living people Burmese film directors Burmese film producers University of Yangon alumni Recipients of the Order of the Union of Myanmar People from Yangon {{Myanmar-bio-stub