Mountain Patrol (2004)

Director
Lu Chuan

Main cast
Duobuji; Zhang Lei; Liang Qi; Xueying Zhao; Zhanlin Ma

Genres
Drama, Action, Foreign

Description
A moving true story about volunteers protecting antelope against poachers in the severe mountains of Tibet.


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