THAI TEEN MOVIES
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Teen Thai movies (หนังวัยรุ่น) are targeted for teenagers and university students. Teen films became a new popular genre in 1980s and 1990s in response to the new targeted audience of the shopping malls that have replaced old Thai cinema with one huge screen by major Cinema operator complexes having several screens. Also in early 1990s the invasion of American blockbusters saw most local producers attempt to attract the under-17 audience, where they felt they could still find a market. The result was a preponderance of teen comedy and teen action movies. Plots and themes often centered on the classroom. The young characters did not concern themselves with political activities that many university students in the period of 1970s were involved in. Those films are a sign that the student movement started to decline in power in late 1970s.
Year: 1975
Thai title: คุณครูคนใหม่
English title:
Rating: 4/5
Director: Phan Kam
Main actor: Sombat Methanee,Nirut Sirijanya,Pinyo Parnnui
Main actress: Pissamai Wilaisak,Naiyana Shewanan
Teacher (ครู) Rabiep (Pissamai Wilaisak) leaves Nakhon Sawan school as she needs to bring her mother for treatment in a modern Bangkok hospital. Her sister is Mon (Naiyana Shewanan). Another school headmaster, following a recommendation from his Nakhon Swan friend, asks her to join his school and teach a boys class (นักเรียนอะไรไม่มีมารยาท). Santhi comes to school but doesn't enter class so gets scolded by teacher Rabiep. Rabiep is torn between her concern towards her sick mother and her teacher duty (หน้าที่). She takes deep concern in her pupils future and wants all of them to pass exams (พ่อแม่ที่สองของนักเรียน). Rabiep is still single. As a young teen Thong (Pinyo Parnnui) is chased away from Santhi's home, Rabiep accepts to shelter him. Santhi comes back to Thong to ask him to join his ruffians group but he refuses so gets severely beaten. Per teacher Rabiep's code, Santhi is canned six times as he refuses to apologize to Thong. Khun Sathan, Santhi's father, comes to complain to the school. He has funded the school (นายทุน). 18 years ago Sathan (Sombat Methanee) and Rabiep had a love story but finally Sathan married another lady. Sathan believes Rabiep takes revenge over him through his son and asks the school headmaster to fire Rabiep. The headmaster is in a difficult situation as he is indebted to Sathan. Meanwhile Mon goes to complain to Sathan's but only meets doctor Nophol (Nirut Sirijanya). Santhi is arrested by the police following fighting in a bordel. Teacher Rabiep makes him leave the jail and Sathan understands Rabiep's kindness towards her Pupils. Per doctor Nophol's request, Mon, university student in her last year to become teacher, accepts to give private lessons to Santhi. As he tries to abuse Mon, he gets slapped by his father and flees from home. Following his wife's death, Sathan didn't educate him in a right way (ตามใจ). Due to lack of money and difficult life in slum house, Santhi finally accepts to go back to school but tries to tarnish Rabiep's name (ทำให้เสียชื่อ) as he is aware of the love story 18 years ago. As Sathan chases away his son, he ends in a coffee shop where he is beaten by thugs. Teacher Rabiep recovers him from the police and offers him a new chance by giving him a shelter in her home (รักครูเหมือนแม่). Santhi becomes a good guy helping on chores and is studying well. He accepted in the army. Sathan forgives to his son and starts a new romance with teacher Rabiep. All bad pupils have become good guys and give their respect to teacher Rabiep (วันไหว้ครู). The movie highlights teacher dedication and their importance in their duty to transform children into good adults. It is the first movie for veteran actor Pinyo Parnnui.
Year: 1982
Thai title: สวัสดีไม้เรียว
English title:
Rating: 4/5
Director: Phan Kam
Main actor: Sorapong Chatree,Sor Asanajinda,Suchao Pongwilai
Main actress: Jarunee Sooksawad,Ampha Pusit,Namgneun Boonnak
A new teacher (ครูใหม่) called Sirin (Jarunee Sooksawad) is recruited. She notices that two students always arrive late. One is a boy called Satit coming from a rich family (ลูกเศรษฐี). One is a girl called Kalaya coming from a slum family (สลัม). The movie highlights the importance to study for teens but also the importance for teachers to keep interest from their students (รักเรียน). This school has a strict director and strict teachers keeping the same program and activities without changes over years. Sirin tries to change this mindset. In Thai schools students show respect to their teachers in the mornign and evening (ไหว้ครู) and get hit with a stick (ลงโทษ) when they fail to obey to the school rules. Sirin faces opposition from the teacher head when she wishes to punish Satit for his bad behavior. Only the poor child Boonmee gets punished. Sirin wants to have same treatment for all children either rich or poor. A fight happens between Satit and Boonmee. Satit's elder brother, called Narit, comes to complain about the new teacher at the shool. He trusts Satit and doesn't know he is behaving badly. Kalaya has no time to study. Every early morning she has to deliver newspapers. Her father is always drunk and hit his wife. Kalaya is too ashamed to say why she is late everyday. Teachers decide to buy a bicycle for her so she doesn't have to run in the morning (same as movie Walli - วัลลี). Satit keeps stealing things. This time he steals teacher belongings and accuses Boomee. Hopefully Sirin is aware of the stratagem but Narit refuses to believe that his younger brother has problems as he is coming from a rich family. Money doesn't buy happiness... Kalaya didn't come to school since many days as her father sold the bicycle to buy alcohol. She now works in a construction site. Students decide to share the workload regarding newspapers distribution so that she can be on time in school. Following a brawl, Satit is sent to Police station. Teacher Sirin confirm (รับรอง) her students integrity so that they can be released. The school is going to take part in sport competition with other schools. They have big hope in cycling with Kalaya and Thai boxing with Boonmee. Poor children train hard while rich children just enjoy beach. Sirin sees Satit stealing the director's ring. She prevents the robbing but gets injured as Satit pushes her violently. The director doesn't believe Satit could be a robber. Losing trust in her director, Sirin resigns. Students refuse to study until Sirin is back. Finally Satit tells the truth to his brother. This one asks the director to recruit back Sirin. Sirin refuses to acknowledge the director's requests but accepts when students implore her. Competition starts. The school wins in boxing and cycling. Satit becomes a good boy. Despite strange cuts in the editing, this movie is full of good feelings, i.e. school importance, teacher dedication, studies, rich and poor society opposition...
Year: 1983
Thai title: นิสิตใหม่
English title:
Rating: 2/5
Director:
Main actor: Phairoj Sangwaribut
Main actress: Monrudee Yamaphai,Piathip Kumwong
Wattee is a university student. In a hurry as he has forgotten one book, he borrows Pla's bicycle. Some other students believe he intends to steal the bicycle. He needs to prove that Pla has given him the bicycle keys but Pla is sick for a few days. He is judged by university court of justice but he is saved by Pla just in time. A love story starts between Wattee and Pla but former Pla's boyfriend still wants to marry with her. His family and Pla's mother prepare a plan in which Pla's mother company is bankrupted. Pla has no choice than to marry her former boyfriend in order to save her mother and her company. Things end up well as Wattee is able to tell the truth to Pla before she leaves to England. This movie highlights the Thai modern society changes in which young people choose their mate by themselves and not following their parents' wishes anymore.
Year: 1984
Thai title: วัยระเริง
English title:
Rating: 3/5
Director: Piak Poster
Main actor: Amphol Lumpoon
Main actress: Sulaleewan Suwanthat
Students in class 650 are teenagers. They spend time to make jokes. Their new teacher (อาจารย์) Sri Nuan doesn't understand them and only blame them. So they often flee school and spend time in Siam Square. Teachers have difficulties to educate this class. Teenager Phong uses money from his school fees to buy music instrument and doesn't wish to pursue business studies to replace one day his father as the head of recording studio company. He doesn't go to school anymore. His father is upset. Phong stops going back home and spends time playing music. His grandmother, Pradit, who is also a teacher, blames his father for not giving enough time for his son. She knows the difficulties to teach teenagers. She asks Phong and his friends to stay and play music in her backyard so that she knows where they are. She asks Phong to create a song regarding Europe countries location with a modern rock music. It is an immediate success with the teenagers. They learn and have fun at same time. The grandmother is smart. She knows that teenagers need to study what they like in order to get better results. During a school outing, one of the children of class 650 saves another teen from drowning. The teacher Sri Nuan must acknowledge her mistake and that those kids have also a positive added value to Thai society. During the year end exams, the children of class 650 have very good results thanks to the songs of teacher Pradit. The songs start to be well known but Thai kids cannot buy them. Record producers including Phong's father are queueing for a contract but the group manager is the grandmother so she knows how to defend the kids rights and interests again the business vultures. Finally the father accepts to sign a contract to avoid a competitor to get the deal. They become stars now. Finally they come back to the school year end spectacle to perform. To the puzzlement of all, they perform traditional Thai music. Elders shall respect youth aspirations but youth shall also respect elders achievements as both of them have values. It is Amphol Lumpoon's first role.
Year: 1985
Thai title: รักผ่อนส่ง
English title:
Rating: 2/5
Director:
Main actor: Tanit Pongmanoon
Main actress: Marasri Bangchang
Thai รักผ่อนส่ง was released in year 1985. The movie was released many years ago through VHS video tape but then never under VCD or DVD format. This teen romantic comedy movie (หนังวัยรุ่น) was never famous and was released at a time where teen movie popularity was getting strong. A few minutes trailer is still available also to be seen. The main actors and actresses are ทนงศักดิ์ ศุภการ, สิริยา นฤนาท, Tanit Pongmanoon, อินทิรา อิ่มสมโภชน์, อธิติยา พรหมคุณ, วัลลภ นพสมบูรณ์, Marasri Bangchang.
Year: 1988
Thai title: หวานมันส์ฉันคือเธอ ตอนที่ยังเหลือ (ภาค 2)
English title:
Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Santisuk Promsiri,Kriengkrai Unhanan,Kiet Kijcharouen
Main actress: Jintara Sookkapat,Sulaleewan Suwanthat
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Thai movie หวานมันส์ฉันคือเธอ ตอนที่ยังเหลือ (ภาค 2) was released in year 1988 and lasts 1h49mn. This movie is follow up of part 1 released in year 1987. A few songs are featured in the movie. Nap (Jintara Sookkapat) and Ton (Santisuk Promsiri) are close friends since childhood and are now studying in university. Ton’s father is worried that his son doesn't behave as a 'man' (ผู้ชายเต็มตัว) and check with his teacher (อาจารย์)(Kriengkrai Unhanan). Ton's parents move to Bangkok but Ton stays behind to finish his studies. Ton moves to a room (ห้องพัก). Aunt (Sulaleewan Suwanthat) is the owner and she is fed up to clean sheets as the tenants keep bringing ladies. Ang (Kiet Kijcharouen) is concerned that Ton is gay so he asks another neighbour to check. Nap is upset with Ton as she believes he brings ladies to sleep in his room. Nap has to do Thai military training. So her friends ask her to reconsider if Ton really misbehaves or not. The misunderstanding is clarified but Nap needs to excuse herself after having slapped Ton. The neighbour tricks him again by sending a sexy lady to Ton's room. Nap arrives at same time and misunderstands Ton again. Ton gets slapped again. The sexy lady also steals Ton’s money (ไม่มีเจตนา). This time, Nap doesn't believe Ton (เศร้า). Ton stays home as he has no more money. The neighbour finds a job for them but it is a nightclub performance activity. His father visits him and pushes him to visit prostitutes. Nap's friend, Samon, tries to seduce him. It is exams time. Nap still doesn't forgive Ton. Nap's father complains to the head of school as Ton keeps trying to contact his daughter. Ton explains the whole story to the head of school, apologizes for his behavior and announces quitting the school. Exams shall happen soon (อีกสามวันจะสอบ). Ton is now working as musician in a hill tribe show for foreign tourists. Following plea from Nap about their relation and his future, Ton finally goes back to school to pass his exams as there is no future without diploma.
Year: 1991
Thai title: กลิ้งไว้ก่อนพ่อสอนไว้
English title: Rolling Stone
Rating: 1/5
Director:
Main actor: Mos
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This teen movie focus on local superstar Mos. It is related to students everyday life in secondary school, i.e. jokes over teachers, students in love with their teacher, students working hard including the typical intellectual with glasses always stammering, lazy students, end of year final exams and associated cheating tricks, dream of girls, their first cigarette and so on... But there is still respect to the father and to the Buddhist values. It focus on their aspiration, their dreams of a better future and their difficulties in recomposed families. It highlights that people who do not study have no future. Some student succeed through music, some through sport. Their motive is "tomorrow will be our day" (พรุ่งนี้จะเป็นวันของเรา). The Culture Ministry registers 25 Thai classic films each year at the National Film Heritage Registry. This movie is part of the 25 films heritage list announced on 04 October 2014, which is Thai Movies Conservation Day.
Year: 1993
Thai title: ชะแว้บแอบปิ๊ง
English title:
Rating: 1/5
Director:
Main actor: Billy Ogan
Main actress: Siriam Pakdeedamrongrit
The love story between two students is endangered by another young lady showing interest into the young man only to regain interest from her own boyfriend.
Year: 1993
Thai title: กระโปรงบานขาสั้น 1
English title: Skirts and Shorts 1
Rating: 3/5
Director: ชาติชาย แก้วสว่าง
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Thai movie กระโปรงบานขาสั้น 1 / Skirts and Shorts 1 was released in year 1993 and lasts 1h43mn. This movie was released on VCD format by company Solar and also by company BKP. A remastered version was released during decade 2010s by Five Star Production. Movie director is ชาติชาย แก้วสว่าง. It is a typical Thai teen movie where teachers look stupid and can be easily cheated by students. Teenager Saek (ธรรม์ โทณะวณิก) hits another schoolmate so he is fired from his school in Bangkok. He moves to Chiang Mai and promises to his uncle not to cause any troubles anymore. Some schoolmates led by Bom like to tease other students. Saek gets a new friend Lek. Lek brings him to see young girls dancing. The teacher Kaew Ta punishes them. Joke is done on teacher Charlie. Bom, rich student, accuses Saek in front of teacher Charlie. Young lady Bai Feun (ใบเฟิน)(ธัญญาเรศ รามณรงค์) meets Saek but a romance is not yet started. Plae, Bai Feun's friend, likes also Saek. Lek is punched by Bom but Saek restraints himself to avoid being fired from school again. Life continues in the school with Bom (เกเร) being finally caught by teacher Charlie. Plae understands that Saek likes Bai Feun and not her. Birthday of Bai Feun is happening soon. Seak is late as Bom's car pushes him on the road side. Plae is drunk. Misunderstanding occurs between Saek and Bai Feun as Plae, being drunk, hugs Saek. Once misunderstanding is clarified, romance happens. Bai Feun is aggressed by three thugs. Saek intervenes but is severely punched by them. Meanwhile Bom brings Bai Feun to hospital so he gets all the credit. Bom steals Saek's bicycle to dismount it. Fed up by Bom's behavior, Saek asks for fight and a boxing match is organized between them. Bom is punched in front of teacher Charlie. Teacher Charlie fires Saek from the school. On the way to train station, Saek helps Bom being aggressed by ruffians. Bom then tells the truth to teacher Charlie and Bai Feun. Bai Feun rushes to train station before Saek leaves Chiang Mai. She hopefully arrives on time…
Year: 1994
Thai title: แบบว่าโลกนี้มีแต่น้ำเต้าหู้กับครูระเบียบ
English title:
Rating: 2/5
Director:
Main actor: Sornram Teppitak
Main actress: Suvanant Kongying,Duangta Tungkamanee
Thai teen movie แบบว่าโลกนี้มีแต่น้ำเต้าหู้กับครูระเบียบ was released in year 1994 and lasts 1h35mn. It was released under VCD format by Premium Digital company and by Lepso company. Second part was released in year 1996 with a shorter name น้ำเต้าหู้และครูระเบียบ 2. Sally (Suvanant Kongying - สุวนันท์ ปุณณกันต์), as new student (เด็กใหม่), moves to a new school from Suphanburi to Bangkok. She has now a few new friends (เพื่อนกัน) including Pot and Pom, a fat girl, but a teen girl called Honey looks her down (เด็กบ้านนอก). Severe rules by teacher Rabiep (Duangta Tungkamanee - ดวงตา ตุงคะมณี) are applied in the new school. Kan (Sornram Teppitak - ศรราม เทพพิทักษ์) is a volleyball team leader. All girls (นักเรียนหญิง) are crazy about him as he is seen as the school hero. Teacher Rabiep chases students smoking, students having romance instead of studying, male students reading secretly Playboy magazine in the school. There is a concierge always thinking to save water (ประหยัดน้ำ). As there is a sexist aggressor around the school, Sally and her friends put a plan in place to catch him and humiliate him. A special program is launched by the school following an idea of Sally. Students have to do activities outside the school. Those activities are useful for Thai society harmony such as cleaning Buddhist temple. Sally emphasizes that prayers to Buddha are important in Thai society balance. Kan convinces teacher Rabiep to have a feminine volleyball team. Teacher Rabiep is reluctant as she doesn't want the ladies to deviate from studies but she finally accepts. Wan, another popular boy, and Kan have arguments. Honey keeps trying to seduce Kan. Wan is a gay character (ตุ๊ด), so he finally ends up in love with Kan. Such teen movie uses all standard cliches. The girls join the volleyball team. Somebody steals their bras. A crazy man (โรคจิต) follows them. They suspect a policeman and then the school concierge. It is finally the school guardian. Romance starts between Kan and Sally. They have to win as teacher Rabiep is under strong pressure from her management. As Honey is jealous, she pretends having seen Kan kissing Sally. Concerned about the school's reputation, the school director wishes to stop the team. As teacher Rabiep refuses, she dismisses. The team finally wins the competition and teacher Rabiep is reintegrated in the school. She is like a mother for the students.
Year: 1996
Thai title: น้ำเต้าหู้และครูระเบียบ 2
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Rating: 1/5
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Main actor:
Main actress: Duangta Tungkamanee
This comedy is about college students life with love, drug affair. The college principal enforces strong rules.
Year: 1997
Thai title: จักรยานสีแดง
English title: Red bike story
Rating: 3/5
Director: Euthana Mukdasanit
Main actor: Mos
Main actress: Tata Young
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This romantic comedy is about students trying to pass successfully their exams. Some of them are more interested by courting Thai girls than studying. It is a comedy targeted for young people with nice music from the pop group Loso.
Year: 1998
Thai title: วัยระเริง
English title: Wildest days
Rating: 3/5
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Main actor:
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In a college, some boys and girls, coming for problematic families, always make a mess. The principal decides to expel them. An old teacher askes for a last chance in order to educate them. Despite early suspicion from the students, she tries to motivate them and give them back their pride. Will the old teacher succeed?
Year: 2004
Thai title: หมอเจ็บ
English title: The Extern
Rating: 2/5
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It is the story of two doctor externs, who are really different from the main stream. It deals about their studies, their exams and love. This movie enhances through comic sequences the importance of doctors in Thai society.
Year: 2005
Thai title: เด็กเดน
English title:
Rating: 2/5
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In Bangkok, students from technical colleges often have brawls together. During a brawl, several ordinary citizen are seriously injured, especially the girlfriend of a soldier. Police catch the students and send them to reeducation centre close to the Burmese border. The most stubborn students escape and go along the border where they face death, suffering and the soldier eager to find who shot his girlfriend. There they understand and feel the pain they previously inflict to others. They decide they will change their behavior if they succeed to survive...
Year: 2006
Thai title: มอ๘
English title: Mor 8
Rating: 5/5
Director:
Main actor:
Main actress: Patcharasri Benjamas
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An old grandma recalls her past when she was a teacher in year 1957 (Buddhist era 2500). Two schools (โรงเรียน) are fusioning, i.e. an all-girl school and an all-boy school. The new name is Darunee Suksa School. Boys (นักเรียนชาย) shall study with girls (นักเรียนหญิง). So the school becomes a mixed school. Some male teachers are not happy about this. Girls (ดอกไม้เหล็ก) need to show that they can be stronger than boys. The headmaster (ครูใหญ่) has to accept two female modern teachers. Both are still single. There are teacher Sompat and teacher Kaeson. One is strong (ใช้อำนาจ) and one is sweet. The two teachers are close friends (เพื่อนรักตลอดไป). They have to change the school internal rules that use women as helpers only. Teacher Malee, who has Chinese ancestors, is used to bring coffee for the male teachers... There is a very good representation of 1950s decade with nice costume and scenes. The teachers introduce mixed seating with boys and girls to improve mutual knowledge and respect.Many love letters are sent for teacher Kaeson. Many male teachers are also single so during the temple fair (งานวัด), they try to court Kaeson. Teacher Sompat gets the responsibility of the whole school after male teachers do boxing with ruffians and headmaster is caught watching sexy girls. Male teachers are fed up with Sompat as she is too strict. She even forbids love letters so other teachers have to find tricks to send letters with invisible ink. She has no love so others shall have no love also. There is a competition between girls and boys, between female teacher and male teachers. Sexism atmosphere prevails. Sompat is convinced of girls superiority and very proud of herself also. She dedicates all her life to school (ครูทั้งชีวิต), teaching without love so she expects Kaeson to do same. Work and personal life (เรื่องส่วนตัว) are two separate matters. Sompat is inflexible (ห่วงเกินไป) and does not forgive mistakes (ครูใจร้าย, กฎเป็นกฎ). Boys fight to protect the girls during a fair but as fights are forbidden according to school rules, they are punished by Sompat and cannot join next exams session. Kaeson and other teachers cannot accept such decision. Finally teacher Sompat sacrifices her position for children to be able to pass the exams. The movie highlights teacher dedication and self sacrifice. Pupils shall keep respect to their teacher. Topics are love, duty, friendship but also needs for flexibility and understanding. The feminist ex-senator, whose well-known slogan is "One Husband, One Wife", Rabiebrat Pongpanit plays a small role as the school project director.
Year: 2006
Thai title: เพราะอากาศเปลี่ยนแปลงบ่อย
English title: Seasons change
Rating: 4/5
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Young man Chatree enters music university (โรงเรียนดนตรี) for three years studies. He is playing drums. He follows a young girl, Dao, expert in violin. He loves her secretly for three years. The movie is divided in three parts same as Thailand three seasons. Hot season. Chatree finds two other students to make a music group. Dao is from high society family so she never notices Chatree before. Chatree meets Aom, another young lady, whose parents know Chatree's parents. She promises not to disclose to his parents that he is studying music. Chatree’s parents are just worried that being a musician is not enough to earn a living. Chatree meets a weird Japanese teacher at the school but he is very helpful in order to have Chatree to play in same orchestra as Dao. Chatree discovers classical music as he needs to do the drums for the end of year concert featuring the four seasons of Vivaldi. Rainy season. His father still believes he is studying maths. Chatree considers Aom as a friend and younger sister but Aom starts to have feelings for Chatree. Chatree finally talks to Dao and realizes she will leave to Budapest if she succeeds her exams. Chatree wishes now to succeed his exams in order to be accepted to go to Budapest also. Aom now realizes Chatree’s love for Dao. Winter season. Chatree's parents are finally aware as the Japanese teacher tells them the truth. Chatree believes Aom is the one who disclosed the truth so is very upset with her. Finally Chatree learns that Japanese teacher told his parents but cannot find Aom to excuse himself. The Japanese teacher talk to Chatree’s parents and they finally understand that they cannot force their son to study something he doesn't like. Son and father reconcile. End of year concert happens. All proud parents watch their children. Chatree is accepted for Budapest studies. It is a difficult choice for Chatree between Dao and Aom. Chatree finally decides to stay in Thailand. It is a nice romantic teen movie mixing various kinds of music. There are great musical moments mixing classical music, Thai traditional music and modern music.
Year: 2013
Thai title: แมรี่มีความสุข
English title: Mary is happy, Mary is happy
Rating: 2/5
Director:
Main actor: Krissada Sukosol
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Thai drama movie Mary is happy / แมรี่มีความสุข was released in year 2013 and lasts 2h07mn. The movie got four Thai cinema awards, i.e. best actress, best supporting actress, best movie and best photography. The movie got listed as part of Thai heritage movie list in year 2016. It is based on 410 tweets sent by a Twitter user. It features two teens, Mary and Em, wondering about their future. Actor Krissada Sukosol is having a role as teacher. Each tweet is shown on the screen for reading and is linked to a short video sequence. The movie highlights teens problems such as love deception, exams, end of school year, questions on their future, first love, studies...
Most of the teenage movies are comedies, drama, actions or thrillers. Teen films are films that present the Thai teenage ways and of thinking, the relationship between friends and those between young adults and adults. Big music companies, such as RS Promotion and Grammy Entertainment used their young pop stars to be the main characters. Teen movies present only puppy love.
Year: 1976
Thai title: วัยอลวน
English title: Wai On La Won
Rating: 3/5
Director: Piak Poster
Main actor: Phairoj Sangwaribut,Somkuan Krajangsat
Main actress: Lalana Sulawan
Tam (ตั้ม) is an university student. He takes additional jobs as he doesn't come from a rich family. He rents a house to a strict owner, who has two daughters. Tam tries to seduce the first daughter but she is already engaged. Tam is an evening teacher (อาจารย์) and teaches the second teen daughter called O (โอ๋), who is quite stubborn (ดื้อ) and not willing to learn (ไม่ตั้งใจเรียน). The father believes O is having an affair with Tam. The father is old style (แบบโบราณ ). He decides to send O every day (จะส่งเรียน) to school. Tam continues to support her secretly through messages hidden in books (No sms and chat in 1976!). Love emerges between O and Tam despite the father's surveillance. Tam needs to use tricks to deceive the father. In parallel Tam is still following lawyer studies. He needs to find trick to get money to finish to pay his studies. The father threatens Tam to force him to leave but to no avail. Finally O and Tam can get married. This movie serie by Piak Poster included four opus, i.e. วัยอลวน (1976), รักอุตลุต (1977), ชื่นชุลมุน (1978), วัยอลวน 4 (2005). This first opus was a break with 1970s movies as it was the first successful teen movie including new modern actors (Phairoj and Lalana) and especially modern music. It was the first teen movie, which changed the local trend where the main actor had to be always polite, good looking with a robust body. The director, Piak Poster, used a new actor, Phairoj Sangwaribut, who was quite slim. At the beginning, the movie was a failure. No theaters were interested to show it as the 6th October 1976 sad events just happened. Piak Poster shown it to the students and good feedbacks started to spread. Nice modern songs and guitar performances helped to popularize the movie. Finally it reaped 8 millions Baht. ตั้ม and โอ๋ became popular nicknames in that period.
Year: 1977
Thai title: รักอุตลุต
English title:
Rating: 3/5
Director: Piak Poster
Main actor: Phairoj Sangwaribut,Somkuan Krajangsat
Main actress: Lalana Sulawan
Tam is now a junior lawyer (ทนายความ) but he wishes to get a new job as he doesn't fit well with lawyer job requirements. He is too nice to be a strong lawyer. While going to his new work, his taxi hurts another car (ขึ้นอุบัติเหตุ). There are arguments as Tam helps the taxi driver to get more damage fees from the rich car owner. The rich owner car is his new boss! So Tam quits his new job. He finds a new job as fire extinguisher seller but it is a failure again (ตกงาน). So finally Tam finds a job as model (นายแบบ) for a modern clothes designer. He meets Nit, a lady working as singer and model. Tam wishes to have friendship only. O starts to be jealous as many ladies like pictures of Tam in magazines. Tam doesn't understand O's reluctance (ไม่เสียอะไรเลย). To challenge him, O becomes a model also but Tam cannot stand other men commenting about his wife. They both stop this job. They finish their model career dancing on a podium with flashy clothes as it was the disco era. Tam still meets Nit but as a friend. Tam is hiding money from his wife as pocket money. Tam knows Nit's elder sister as he is the one to condemn her when he was still a lawyer (กลุ้มใจ). Will this friendship turn into love? Tam starts to go back home late and giving bad excuses. Et, a photographer, also loves Nit. O sees Tam and Nit in a car. Troubles happen (เรื่องใหญ่). Tam argues that Nit is already Et's girlfriend. Nit asks Et to play her boyfriend role to avoid troubles between Tam and O. Finally Nit falls in depression as she loves Tam but Tam is already married. Et helps her to recover and to forget Tam. Tam finally finds a job in Bangkok bank and happy couple life is resumed with O. This is the second opus of Wai On La Won by director Piak Poster. Same recipes as previous movie Wai On La Won (วัยอลวน) are applied, i.e. modern songs such as ชูวับ ชูวับ, use of English words in Thai sentences. The movie made 9 millions baht at the Thai cinema box office.
Year: 1978
Thai title: ชื่นชุลมุน
English title:
Rating: 3/5
Director: Piak Poster
Main actor: Phairoj Sangwaribut,Somkuan Krajangsat
Main actress: Lalana Sulawan
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This movie is the third part of the movie serie "Wai On-la-won" (วัยอลวน). O (โอ๋) and Tam (ตั้ม) are now a happy married couple. O's father gets convinced to participate in a bus company business and has to buy shares. He needs to pay 200 000 baht. Tam is a nice husband but still likes to flirt with ladies and go for lunch with them. Sometimes he has a party with friends and his monthly salary is gone! He is so happy when he believes that O is pregnant but she has only a minor tiredness. O's father has given the money but didn't get any official reconnaissance papers as promised so got cheated (โดนโกง). Somchai, their relative (ญาติ) and domestic helper (คนรับใช้), gets biten by a fierce dog and has scars. The owner only gives 20 baht for compensation. He is the same guy who promises to sign documents regarding the loan from O's father. Tam asks for 200 000 baht compensation. Refusal is received and the issue has to be settled at tribunal (ฟ้องศาล). Tam enquiries to get proofs that the dog belongs to rich bad guy. Tam claims her relative was going to play in a movie to justify the important money amount. Trial starts but witnesses used by Tam cannot match the strong opposition from the lawyer. Family life go on for Tam and O. Tam buys a car. His musician skills are also well used in various occasions to play modern Thai music. Two songs from this movie became hits. His friends bring him to a massage parlor (อาบอบนวด). There he meets a masseuse that presents him a friend wishing to become a movie star. He convinces her to play her best performance during the trial if she wishes to get employed by his friend. It works so well! The movie highlights poor people fight against rich dishonest people. Piak poster movies reflects an image of Thai society with its good aspects and bad aspects. They are a joy to watch.
Year: 1984
Thai title: ถามหาความรัก
English title: Ask for love
Rating: 5/5
Director:
Main actor:
Main actress: Pissamai Wilaisak
Movie “ถามหาความรัก” relates to the difficult teen period. Axsara, young lady, decides to change her clothing style and she is not accepted in school anymore as an uniform is requested. Teens have feelings that adults don't understand and don't listen to them. Axsara's father has no time for her and her new stepmother doesn't like her. Axsara meets poor teens stealing to make a living. Dao, another young female student, is close friend with Axsara. Dao hears a conversation saying she is not the real child of her parents and about an aunt asking her mother to beware about heritage. She feels hurt and sad. Axsara makes Dao to change a lot, i.e. go to disco, wear daring clothes and challenge her parents. Axsara's father gives her room away to his new wife's family. Disappointed by this decision, Axsara decides to quit the home and invites Dao to join her. Dao's parents give 50 000 baht reward to who will bring their daughter back. Sat, an ugly pushing detective, proposes help to Dao's parents for 100 000 baht and expenses. Axsara and Dao take refuge in poor teens' home selling and repairing second hand products. Dao wishes to meet her real mum. As the police captures most of the pickpockets gang, they flee to Chiang Mai to find Dao's mother. Sat is following them closely. Axsara’s father recognizes his mistakes and to have given only love (ความรัก) and no warmth (ความอบอุ่น). Axsara and Dao need to find a job to survive in Chiang Mai. Axsara cannot stand this situation anymore as it hurts her mindset (จิตใจ) and body (ร่างกาย). She wants to go back to Bangkok. Finally Dao is the strongest one not bending in front of adversity. Dao finally finds her mother who is a mamasan in a brothel. The pure love (ความรักบริสุทธิ์) she was dreaming of is ironic. Dao's real mother rejects her as Dao's birth is an accident with a short time customer and she is not a wanted child. She is just a shit she rejected at birth. Finally Dao understands who really loves her so she wants to go back to Bangkok to stay with her adoptive parents. For Sat, people are money only as he has no feelings. Finally Sat brings her back but he refuses any money from Dao's parents as Dao was the one to decide to go home. Sat starts to understand feelings now. Famous Thai group Carabao’s songs and music are used in this movie soundtrack as this band symbolizes rebellion against establishment. This teen movie gives a lot of interesting messages about parents education.
Year: 1985
Thai title: ผีเสื้อและดอกไม้
English title: Butterfly and Flowers
Rating: 5/5
Director: Euthana Mukdasanit
Main actor: Suchao Pongwilai
Main actress: Duangjai Hathaikarn
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This movie is focusing on a poor Muslim community in South of Thailand close by the Malaysian border. A teenager boy, called Huyan, has to sell ice cream to help his father as his father is not rich enough to pay education for his three children. His teacher and his best friend, a girl called Mimpi, are sorry about this decision. The teacher asks Huyan to continue to pass this year exams as education is important for his future. He can sell ice creams in the school thanks to the teacher kindness. Huyan has one smaller brother and sister. He has no mother any more. Business competition is hard as other ice cream vendors have bicycles to go from one place to another but Huyan needs to walk. Her friend Mimpi goes to Malaysia but promises to come back. Everyday Huyan waits at the train station hoping for her return. He finally sees and goes to the Malaysian border with her as he forgot to exit the train. During the trip, Huyan meets other youngsters making a living by smuggling rice. Meanwhile his father is looking for him and gets hit by a train. He is disabled and cannot work anymore. The son has remorse. He has to take responsibility of the whole family. There is a swift change from the school protected environment to adult responsibilities. He helps to smuggle rice between Malaisia and Thailand. It is illegal as no taxes are paid on the rice. He has no choice based on family survival necessity (ความจำเป็น). To escape controllers, he has to go on top of the train wagons where youngsters risk their live if they fall. He has also to run away to escape the police. But he gets money and can send back his brother and sister to school. Following the tragic death of his friend, he decides to stop doing this illegal business and to sell flowers. Movie Butterfly and Flowers got Best Picture from the Hawaii Film Festival in 1986. It made only 5 millions baht in Thailand, most of that in Bangkok. This movie is part of the first 25 films heritage list announced on October 4 2011, which is Thai Movies Conservation Day.
Year: 1985
Thai title: 18 กะรัต
English title: 18 carats
Rating: 2/5
Director: ศุภักษร
Main actor:
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18 carats is a Thai Teen (วัยรุ่น) movie regarding love emerging between students in their university. Many artists from company นิธิทัศน์ Promotion joined the "18 carats" project. Singers such as ไก่ or สุเทพ were coming from different bands and sang duo songs (เพลงคู่). Three music albums were released in 1985. All the artists involved in this three albums project then participated to the movie "18 carats" featuring the best songs. ใจเธอใจฉัน (your heart - my heart) remains the most famous song and was even featured again in the 2003 movie แฟนฉัน (My Girl). The movie highlights friendship and teen love (ความรัก, รักกัน, ชอบกัน, คู่รักกัน, แฟน, น่ารัก). A group of male friends try to seduce a group of female friends. So various technics, jokes and romances happen (ผู้ชายปากหมาทุกคน, ต้องกล้า). This movie is similar to a Bollywood movie as many songs are featured but actors have no dubbing skills when singing.
Year: 1986
Thai title: ปลื้ม
English title:
Rating: 3/5
Director: Thanit Jitnukul
Main actor: Billy Ogan
Main actress: Pen Pisut
Pleum is a teen comedy and romantic movie. It involves many male characters such as Beng, Nat, Duang (ด้วง), Somchai and a few female characters such as Ah, Parn, Fon (น้ำฝน). Waen's friends bring him for a last surprise party as he is going abroad. All remaining friends move to a new house. They have concern that the house is haunted. The rent is cheap as it is an old house. The teens experience life in community. The boys try seduction games with girls but it is a failure (ไม่กล้า). Nat tries to be Parn’s boyfriend (แฟน). Friends help each other and give hints to succeed. Somchai is trying with Fon (จีบผู้หญิง) but he is too timid (ปิ๊งๆผู้หญิง). Jealousy and misunderstanding happens between Nat and Parn. Somchai needs to fight Fon's boyfriend through a Thai boxing fight to win Fon. Fon's presence dynamizes Somchai to win the match. Nat and Parn finally also reconcile. It is a good mood movie with modern 1980s songs and a succession of funny gags even if there is a lack of real scenario. This movie got success in 1980s thanks also to the song ตัดใจไม่ลง. The movie made 10M baht at the box office and got a best director award in Thai cinema ceremonies (รางวัลสุพรรณหงส์ทองคำ). It is the second part of Thai movie “ซึมน้อยหน่อย... กะล่อนมากหน่อย” which includes only new actors so new faces! So it was a new kind of comedy style for 1980s teens including jokes (หน้าแตก), language shortcuts, songs style teen public was used to. Many other similar teens movies followed up this trend but they were not as successful.
Year: 1987
Thai title: กว่าจะรู้เดียงสา
English title:
Rating: 4/5
Director:
Main actor: Suchao Pongwilai
Main actress: Pissamai Wilaisak,Marsha
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Thip (ทิพย์), a 16 years old teen, is part of a family of well off people (เป็นลูกผู้ดี). She is not a villager kid (ลูกชาวบ้าน) so her mother doesn't want her to mingle with people of lower status. Her mother (Pissamai Wilaisak) plans to find a good husband for Thip. The mother is very strict and Thip is not allowed to go out without her mother's authorization. She forbids almost everything (อะไรๆก็ห้าม) despite her husband's advice (รู้จักโลก). Thanks to her friend, Thip meets Chaya (ไชยา), a young teen boy, working in a bicycle repair shop. He is very strong at football. Everybody is fed up with the mother's behavior as she is too excessive (ไม่สบายใจทุกคน, ไม่สนุกสนานหมือนเด็กอื่น, จะไม่ใครเหลือ). The husband spends long hours and nights working at the family factory. Believing that her husband is having an affair at the factory, the mother decides to work late also so Thip has more time to meet Chaya. Love emerges between Thip and Chaya. The mother wishes to put her in a boarding school (โรงเรียนประจำ) as she has no time for her (ไม่มีเวลาดูแล). Thip learns to drive and often spent time with Chaya at the Rose inn... Thip becomes pregnant. As the mother discovers that Thip has a boyfriend, she becomes so upset. Afraid to announce her pregnacy, Thip finally flees with Chaya. They go to Bangkok. Afraid to tarnish her family name, the mother forbids anybody to announce the news. The mother uses a hit man (มือปืน) to take revenge over Chaya's father, who has claimed the blame was on Thip (แม่มีเงินและอิทธิพล). Bangkok people are not honest (ระวังตัว) with provincial people. Thip and Chaya have a hard life in Bangkok. They meet a lady called Chalem, who is in fact interested to use Thip in a call girl ring. Thip is not used to do chore house or cook food so she experiments a harsh life. Their couple is under hard pressure. Chaya finds a small job (30 baht ซ่อมจักรยาน). Thip needs to become a domestic helper (คนใช้) as they don't have enough money. She is hired by a teacher despite she has a husband already. Thip and Chaya live in separated place (ดีอย่างหนึ่งเสียอย่างหนึ่ง). Chaya smokes now and meets ruffians. Meanwhile the teacher's husband tries to rape Thip. She has to flee but she cannot find Chaya as he moved out. He is now addicted to drugs. Thip's parents are now separated so she has no choice but to ask Chalem to find an escort job for her. She doesn't want to go with guests. Chalem wants her to abort but finally keeps the baby, who is a girl. Chaya is smashed by a car while fleeing following a robbery. Thip is sold to a prostitution ring in North of Thailand. During a bordel inspection, a relative of Thip recognizes her. Thip gives him the baby and then finally suicides herself. This movie highlights Thai society modern issues (lack of care and time for children, teens pregnancy, abortion, prostitution...).
Year: 1990
Thai title: พันธุ์หมาบ้า
English title:
Rating: 5/5
Director: สหรัฐ วิไลเนตร
Main actor: Phongphat Wachirabanjong,Amphol Lumpoon,Suchao Pongwilai,Morris K
Main actress: Marasri Bangchang,Metta Roongrat
Thai movie พันธุ์หมาบ้า was released in year 1990 and lasts 1h53mn. A remastered HD version was released in 2020. A few songs are featured such เจ็บเพื่อเข้าใจ by singer เป้ สีน้ำ. The movie is about friendship, love, pain, young men entering adulthood etc… Young men Ot and Chai are coming from recomposed families. Ot (Phongphat Wachirabanjong), a young man, is urgently leaving his home as his friend is waiting in his car to go to Khorat. It is a lie. His father (Suchao Pongwilai) gives him pocket money as he has no money. Police just arrive a while later looking for Ot as he is suspected to have shot somebody! Ot leaves for Choomporn. Chai (Amphol Lumpoon) has arguments with his stepfather. This one wishes Chai to enter the sales trade, but he is not interested. The stepfather gives him money to start a small business, but Chai comes back home with a guitar. Upset, Sia breaks it. The mother is Marasri Bangchang. Chai decides to leave home as he used his own money earned by selling clothes in Pratunam. Sia never listened to what he wanted to do. He decides to leave home and to continue selling clothes. But he gets abused by the stall owner being dishonest. Meanwhile Ot is back to Bangkok to clarify a misunderstanding with his father. Chai visits Sia while at the hospital. A new relationship starts but finally Sia dies at hospital. Chai is not willing to take over Sia's business and wishes to follow his dreams. Ot exits from jail after six months. Ot is now addicted to drugs, but wishes to start a new life. He asks to stay with friends (including Morris K) who have a bungalow near a beach. There are endless sessions of smoking and drinking. Ot is struggling to get rid of addiction, but finally succeeds. Chai meets them through a common friend. They still take marijuana. They have freedom. But they realize they cannot spend their whole life like this. They split and lease (เซ้ง) the shop to somebody else. Ot goes back home and meets his step-mother (ดวงตา ตุงคะมณี) and his father. Chai is also back home. Unsatisfied by their life at home, they meet again. They decide to build a small restaurant near the beach in Phuket. Ran misses his family in Bangkok, so Chai joins him for a trip. Chai meets Ran’s mother (Metta Roongrat) and Oi, Ran’s sister. Chai also meets Nitha (จริยา อุตตะระนาค), Oi’s friend. Romance starts between Chai and Nitha. Nitha finally comes to Phuket after being invited by Chai. The restaurant is working well. Nitha is upset that Chai's friends come to drink for free as goods are expensive. Nitha is pregnant and has to go back to Bangkok to deliver. Ot is building a bar and Chai helps him. Being drunk, Chai abuses the waitress working in his restaurant. Being aware, Nitha breaks up with Chai. Chai misses Nitha and goes back to Bangkok. They finally go back together. Ot's bar is not successful. Meanwhile, Chai is still addicted. It makes Nitha upset, so she leaves again. Finally Chai changes again. He has to choose between his friends or having a family with Nitha. Finally he leaves for Bangkok, becomes a caring husband and good father. Ot and the remaining friends finally split as it is time to enter adulthood.
Year: 1992
Thai title: รองต๊ะ แล๊บแปล๊บ
English title: The Magic Shoes
Rating: 4/5
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Main actor:
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Thai movie รองต๊ะ แล๊บแปล๊บ / The Magic Shoes was released in year 1992 and lasts 1h35mn. It was released under VCD format. Movie director is Prachya Pinkaew. It was his first movie. The main actor is ทัช ณ ตะกั่วทุ่ง, being a real famous singer. Teenager Tad (ทัช ณ ตะกั่วทุ่ง) is living with his grandfather. He loves dancing (นักเต้น). His grandfather recommends him to find some good shoes that can be like a partner. A dance contest between teens is happening soon. Tad sees Nike shoes at 4500 THB, but it is too expensive for him. Tad meets Ann (วาสนา พูนผล), a beautiful young lady, in a hairdresser. During nighttime, a big storm occurs and through strong lighting, the shoes get alive! The next day, the shoes vendor accepts to sell the shoes at 1000 THB as the shoes were damaged during the storm. When wearing the shoes, Tad becomes a better dancer as the shoes are alive. His friends notice it. He meets Ann again, but she already has a boyfriend called Dook (ภาณุเดช วัฒนสุชาติ). Dook is very arrogant. His younger brother won the dance contest before. He knows Tad has improved a lot so he bewares of him. Tad invites Ann in a MacDonald. Romance starts but jealous ruffians try to interrupt. The scene is reminiscent of the movie "back to the future". Dook threatens Ann that Nad will be beaten if she persists seeing him. Dook’s brother sees that Nad has special magic shoes. Dook contacts the three comic ruffians to destroy the shoes. Despite running through a mall to escape, the ruffians destroy his shoes. So Tad cannot compete anymore. Ann convinces Nad to compete without his magic shoes. Dook’s brother performs very well. Nad has no more shoes but luckily his grandfather comes also to the show, so Tad borrows his shoes. Mickael Jackson’s song is featured during the competition. Nad’s performance is awesome so Dook pays a referee to give a better mark to his brother. Nad’s young friend (บริบูรณ์ จันทร์เรือง) is aware as he films the scene thanks to his video camera. He shares the tape so that everybody can know Dook is cheating. Dook and his brother flee. Tad is the winner and romance can blossom. The magic shoes are alive again!
Year: 1995
Thai title: โลกทั้งใบให้นายคนเดียว
English title: Romantic Blue
Rating: 4/5
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Main actor: Ruj Ronnapop
Main actress: Suthida Kasemsan
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Thai movie โลกทั้งใบให้นายคนเดียว / Romantic Blue was released in year 1995 and lasts 1h49mn. It was released under VCD and DVD format by RS Public Company Limited. Movie director is Prachya Pinkaew. This movie has won 4 Thai academy awards. It won the award for Best Movie of 1995 as well as being that year's highest grossing movie. The Romantic Blue movie used singer superstars to play the hero and the heroine. Romantic Blue movie was extremely well-received and set a new record for Thai films. Generating 60 millions THB at the box office, its revenue was at least double of the industry average at that time. Romantic Blue movie went on to represent Thailand and Thai films at several international film contests. Song โลกทั้งใบให้นายคนเดียว by สมชาย เข็มกลัด was also a superhit in 1995. Two brothers love the same girl Pon (Nook - Suthida Kasemsan). One brother is a hard worker, Mai (สมชาย เข็มกลัด), but has stopped his studies in order to work as a mechanic and to support his family. The other brother, Maen (ปราโมทย์ แสงศร), continues to study but is lazy and more interested in courting girls. Mai is working with Uncle Bo and repairs cars. Mai meets Pon as her father's car has troubles. The brothers' father (Ruj Ronnapop) is sick and is sent to hospital. Mai decides to participate with uncle Bo in a car robbery in order to pay the expensive hospital bills. The first robbery is successful but one of the ruffians is unhappy with Mai as he only succeeded to shift the parking guardian focus at the last minute. Mai is very stressed and is busy earning money to pay his father's bills. He has no time to meet Pon and tries to push her towards his brother Maen as he knows Maen loves her. Pon is upset and sad of this situation as she does not love Maen. Her mother announces to Pon that she found a school overseas for her so she will have to leave Thailand soon. Uncle Bo is aware that Mai forces himself to neglect Pon for the sake of his father and younger brother. Maen is aware of the illegal activities of his brother. Things get worse between the two brothers when the father dies. Moreover the ruffians' leader wants to get rid of potential witnesses. Uncle Bo is shot by the leader and Mai just succeeds to escape. The leader kidnaps Maen in order to force Mai to come out. The leader forces Maen to slap and insult Mai. Taking profit of the leader's inattention, Mai rushes into him and gets shot in the shoulder. They both fall from an unfinished building. Maen grabs his brother's hand before he falls to his death. Then Maen rushes his brother Mai to the airport so that he can wish Pon a safe trip.
Year: 1995
Thai title: สมศรี 422R โปรแกรม D ปีนี้มีน้อง
English title: Somsri 422R Program D
Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Santisuk Promsiri,Sombat Methanee
Main actress: Jintara Sookkapat,Duangdao Jarujinda
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Thai teen movie สมศรี 422R โปรแกรม D ปีนี้มีน้อง / Somsri 422R Program D is the third opus of สมศรี 422 อาร์ / Somsri 422R, the Thai robot. It was released in year 1995 and it lasts 1h47mn. In Bangkok, there is a three kid’s family with a father as crazy inventor. Mother is played by Duangdao Jarujinda. The father created Thai robot Somsri 422R before. Sompon is a new lady robot created by the father. Gags happen as ladies robots have unexpected behaviors such as going in male toilets or learning bad habits from humans... Funny competition do happen between the two robots. The grandfather (สุประวัติ ปัทมสูต) in Chiang Mai has difficulties with Sombat Methanee. He is always nagged by him and loses all competitions to him. Sombat has a very strong granddaughter. The grandfather wishes some help from Somsri (Jintara Sookkapat) in order to silence Sombat. It features various teen romances (including สายธาร นิยมการณ์). Animosities continue between the two grandfathers. Sombat even hires tough guys (มือดี) (including ชลประคัลภ์ จันทร์เรือง) to get rid of Somporn but they keep failing. Grandfather accuses Somsri to be jealous (ขี้อิจฉา) of Somporn. Ed (Santisuk Promsiri) is always supportive of Somsri (เป็นคนยุ่งจะตายไป). Competition shall happen both granddaughters (น้อง) per grandfathers' agreements. Somporn is the one to participate to the competition but she loses the first event due to cheating (โกง). As she is injured, Somsri replaces her and wins the last two events.
Year: 1996
Thai title: เด็กระเบิดยึดแล้วยืด
English title: Extreme games
Rating: 3/5
Director: คมสันต์ ศรีสวัสดิ์
Main actor: Supakorn Srisawat
Main actress: Naowarat Yooktanun,Nook Sutthida
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Thai movie เด็กระเบิดยึดแล้วยืด / Extreme games was released in year 1996 and lasts 1h45mn. It was released under VHS format, DVD format and VCD format. Movie director is คมสันต์ ศรีสวัสดิ์. Thai actors and actresses featured in this movie are Yanit Yaisamuer – ฌานิศ ใหญ่เสมอ, Nook Sutthida - สุทธิดา เกษมสันต์ ณ อยุธยา, ธนพงษ์ คล้ายพงษ์พันธ์, ธนา สุทธิกมล, Joni Anwar - จอนนี่ อันวา, ปภัสวรรณ ยอดเณร, ทองขาว ภัทรโชคชัย, Naowarat Yooktanun. This movie was a RS production. Of course, a music tape was released as many of the actors / actresses are also singers. A group of teenagers enjoys playing paintball games (การเล่นเพ้นท์บอล). The group includes Boy, Lek, Eh, Nook and Man, the son of a rich businessman. Man's mother is dead already and his businessman father has little time for him. Today is the birthday of the father. Man escapes from his father's birthday party. Man organises a paintball party in his father's new building. Meanwhile some ruffians, being former inmates, storm the building. They plan to blast it. Ruffians capture Phi Pan, the building caretaker. Ruffian Khao (ทองขาว ภัทรโชคชัย) stayed in prison for 7 years because of a disagreement with Phi Pan, his former teammate. Some teens, aware of the drama, try to contact the Police but ruffians stop the alert at the control level room. Ruffians are looking for the teens while some teens, unaware of the situation, start playing the paintball game. Luckily, ruffians are not very smart. They are looking for diamonds hidden by Pan. Meanwhile the father is celebrating his birthday through a big party. He meets a married lady looking similar to his former wife (Naowarat Yooktanun). Ruffians kill one guard and are aware teens are hiding in the building. Teens capture ruffian Malee but ruffians release her. They try a trick with ruffians, but it fails and Boy is captured. Lek is also captured. Pan accepts to bring Khao to the place where the diamonds are hidden if Khao releases the teens. Only two teens, Nook and Eh, have not been captured by the ruffians. Eh gets electrocuted by a ruffian but he survives. The father decides to go back as he is not having happiness at his birthday without his son's presence. Pan tricks Khao as there is a gun hidden among the diamonds. Treachery happens between ruffians. Finally, ruffians all die as they shoot each other. The teens and the father being back have limited time to get rid of the balloons full of gas and avoid an explosion that would destroy the building. This dramatic event renews the relationship between Man and his father.
Year: 1997
Thai title: อันดากับฟ้าใส
English title: Anda and Fasai
Rating: 3/5
Director: Pantewanop Tewakul
Main actor: Ananda Everingham,Phongphat Wachirabanjong,Shahkrit Yamnarm,Krung Srivilai
Main actress: Sinjai Hongthai,Aranya Namwong
It is about first love between two teens. Their parents claim they shall not follow a first and sudden feeling. Despite their bad parents example who apply for themselves the opposite, they decide to help their parents to find happiness first. It features very nice shooting in South Thailand beaches.
Year: 1998
Thai title: ลับแล คนมหัศจรรย์
English title: Land of the lost
Rating: 3/5
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Two bad guys during a particular storm are able to enter another dimension. They arrive at a time similar to Ayuthaya. They rob jewels and kidnap a princess. When back to our modern world, the princess size and jewels are reduced to doll size. Two warriors are sent to rescue the princess and they have only 7 days before the door gets closed. Back to our modern world, their size is also reduced to dolls and they face many dangerous issues (becoming pet fror chidren, giant cat...). Thanks to help of two teens, one brother and one sister, they are able to locate the princess and rescue her. This unbelievable story also allows their parents' reconciliation.
Year: 1998
Thai title: รักออกแบบไม่ได้
English title: O-Negative
Rating: 2/5
Director: Euthana Mukdasanit
Main actor: Ray McDonald,Shahkrit Yamnarm
Main actress: Tata Young
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Four young Thai people are very close friends. But when love appears, will they still be good friends?
Year: 1999
Thai title: แตก 4 รัก โลภ โกรธ เลว
English title: Friendship breakdown
Rating: 4/5
Director: องอาจ สิงห์ลำพอง
Main actor: Adul Dulyarat,Somchai Kemglad
Main actress: Suthida Kasemsant
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Thai movie แตก 4 รัก โลภ โกรธ เลว / Friendship breakdown was released in year 1999 and lasts 1h26mn. It was released under VHS and DVD format. The picture is sharp and colorful but is only in 4:3 format. Movie director is องอาจ สิงห์ลำพอง. Four young close friends, three boys (Noi - ปราโมทย์ แสงศร, Ith - สมชาย เข็มกลัด, Bio - ศรราม เทพพิทักษ์) and one girl Nam (Nook - สุทธิดา เกษมสันต์ ณ อยุธยา), are working in a Japanese restaurant. Their friendship is strong. They even learn how to shoot as a game. Ith recognizes a man in the street as he joined an armored truck robbing before. It turned deadly. Ith uses the money from the robbery to pay for his friend's father's health expenses. Bio is accepted as police cadet (นักเรียนตำรวจ) and buys a ring for Nam. Noi is kidnapped by ruffians linked to the previous robbery as money was not shared equally. Bio and Ith cannot alert the police but Ith decides to go on his own and brings fake money. It turns badly as the ruffian is smart also. Noi is attached to a rope and is suspended on a bridge over a railway. Bio comes to help and has to shoot the ruffian dead. Unfortunately, Noi falls on the railway and hurts his head. Bio, by trying to help Noi, loses part of his leg cut by the train. Ith's friend’s life is wrecked. Ith does business in Cambodia to sell weapons. Bio ends up in jail for murder. Bio befriends with another inmate (อภิชาติ ชูสกุล). He succeeds to flee. Two years passed. Ith and Nam often visit Noi. Nam's father (Adul Dulyarat) knows that Ith has befriended a ruffian’s leader so he is not happy that his daughter is meeting Ith. Bio has become a hitman but focuses only on targets being a danger for the Thai society. Noi still cannot remember due to brain injury. The three friends meet again but Bio cannot forgive Ith. Ith has a business conflict with a partner Amnat so the partner hires a hitman to kill him. Bio gets the contract but finally doesn’t kill Ith. Another hitman is hired. Ith and Nam plan to bring Noi to Chiang mai hoping he will get back his memory. Learning that the hitman puts a bomb in their plane, Bio intervenes. Shootings happen with ruffians. Ith and Bio become friends again. Ith dies while protecting his friends. Bio revenges his friend by shooting Amnat and dies under Thai police bullets.
Year: 2003
Thai title: ชื่อชอบชวนหาเรื่อง
English title: In the name of godfather
Rating: 2/5
Director: Bandit Ritthakol
Main actor: Santisuk Promsiri,Sahat Piempongsan
Main actress: Jintara Sookkapat
A young man is in love with a godfather's daughter. To marry her, he must reach Chiang Rai within 7 days. Within those seven days, the godfather is setting many obstacles to prevent him to reach Chiang Rai.
Year: 2005
Thai title: วัยอลวน 4
English title: Oops, There's Dad
Rating: 2/5
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Main actor: Phairoj Sangwaribut
Main actress: Lalana Sulawan
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Almost 30 years have passed since the last opus of the movie serie "Wai On-la-won" (วัยอลวน) directed by Piak Poster. O (โอ๋) and Tam (ตั้ม) are now grown-up adults with two children, i.e. Toey (เตย) their teen son and Tong (ตอง), their daughter who is an university student. O is worried that her son might be gay. They go to Chiang Mai for their daughter’s birthday. They want to do a surprise (วางแผนจัดงานวันเกิด) for her. Surprised, Tong needs to hide her boyfriend, Vichian, on the balcony (แอบมีแฟน). As O forgot her watch in Tong's condominium, Tam goes back and discovers that her daughter has a boyfriend. He takes the decision to keep the secret in order not to upset O. Tong tries to contact her old roommate she quit 2 years ago. Tong needs to find a temporary roommate to give false appearance to her mother. Tam helps to arrange. By lying to O, things turn badly for Tam and as two different roommates appear so O believes Tam turns obscene (ลามก). O is upset with Tam. Finally thanks to flashback images of their past through the previous movies, O and Tam get reunited. Tam tells her the truth about Tong living together with a boyfriend. They accept the fact. Like all parents they face issues when children grow up. The movie features many songs including the famous “ชูวับ ชูวับ” song updated to modern rock times. The OST CD includes also all the previous songs updated to modern music by Thai groups such as Taxi, อุ๊ หฤทัย , บัวชมพู ฟอร์, Endorphine... Another English title is also Wai On La Won 4: 30 Years Later.
Year: 2008
Thai title: ฮะเก๋า
English title: Puppy Love
Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Mum Jokmok
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This movie is about six friends, who have different characters but are very close to each other. One of them is a ladybody. One of them, Mon (เด็กน่ารัก), is a tomboy. One of them, Buey, is shy with girls. Two are comic characters, who are always arguing together. Mon's uncle is played by famous actor Mum Jokmok and he wishes to bring Mon (หลาน) to the 'right path' (ลุงติดต่อให้) as a traditional girl. Mon helps male friend to seduce girls (จะช่วยจีบให้). Mon's best friend is Boom. Mon is sometimes in competition with boys as she is a tomboy (จองแล้ว). Buey has his first emotions with Chinese dumplings (ซาลาเปา) as breast (Buey น้องลามก). Mon is sad as she has been dumped by her girlfriend Nam Tan. Mon starts to like Boom more and more. She even considers being a woman again but meanwhile another woman seduces Boom. The uncle really wants her nephew to be a real woman (อยากได้หลานผู้หญิง) so buys sexy panties for her birthday! She doesn't like it at all (ไม่ชอบ). Mon is unhappy that Boom forgets their friendship for a girlfriend. This movie has themes about friendship and love, about mixed feelings (สับสนความรู้สึก). Finally they get their university diploma and go their own way. The movie conclusion is 'be yourself'.
Year: 2010
Thai title: บิ๊กบอย
English title: Big Boy
Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Settha Sirachaya
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Po, a rich young man (วัยรุ่น), loves hip hop dances but his skills are not very good. Taking opportunity to visit his modern and fit grandfather (ปู่) in Bangkok, he wishes to learn dances skills. He goes to Siam Square to find good hip hop dancers. He meets Niew, a young dancer he saw on Youtube. When realizing that Niew is a girl (ไม่เอาผู้หญิงสอน), he refuses to have her as a teacher. But even his grandfather dances better than him (สู้คนแก่ไม่ได้). Po always complains so his grandfather needs to push him. He finally accepts Niew but needs to exercise his body first. He finally learns well. The grandfather didn't dance tango with anybody since his wife died ten years ago. He doesn't like to lose (แพ้) and wishes his grandson to be the same. Po finds that Niew has to perform club dance at nighttime as she is not wealthy. This doesn't break their friendship and a romance story starts between Po and Niew. Teens confront each other through dances competition. Po fails and flees instead of facing the competition. The grandfather wants to achieve his dreams through his grandson. He couldn't win an international dance title 30 years ago. Another dance confrontation turns bad and the grandfather needs to rescue Po. During a car accident, Po breaks his leg and the grandfather is in coma. They all finally recover and understand that dances are for fun, for love but not for winning. The movie shows beautiful shooting sequences of Tango dances and Break dances. It highlights the knowledge transmission between generations. Through hard work, people can achieve their dreams. Settha Sirachaya delivers a neat performance and it seems that his wife, legendary veteran actress Aranya Namwong, can be seen shortly in one sequence.
Year: 2010
Thai title: สิ่งเล็กๆที่เรียกว่ารัก
English title: First love
Rating: 4/5
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Main actor: Mario Maurer
Main actress: Tukkie,Pimchanok Leuwisetpaiboon
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Mother Pim stays with her two teen daughters Nam and Paeng. The father is in USA and is taking care of a restaurant business. They didn't see their father for five years. The one that will get first grade in her classroom will get a ticket to New York. Nam often discusses about puppy love with her friends. Nam particularly likes Chon, a student from grade Matthayom 4 (มัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 4), who is a good photographer. Nam needs inspiration through love and uses a book to find hints to get a boyfriend. She even thinks about having a colored brace as it is a teen fashion in Thailand. Nam and her best friends try to find romantic ways in order than Chon gets interest in her but Nam has to face other secondary girl students, such as sweet girl called Mamuang (มะมว่ง) that looks more mature. A funny teacher character, Inn, is played by Tukkie as a small size teacher getting interest into another male teacher but having to face other beautiful female teachers (ไม่เคยแพ้ใคร). There is similitude between Nam and her teacher, who have difficulties to find true love. Her friends decide to relook her but she looks now yellowish (ลอเล่น). Nam has to play Snow White character (เวทีละคร). She is shocked as she had a dark complexion but the make-up lady really transforms her into a really cute young lady. The show is not a success as most pupils prefer to watch the Thai traditional dance performance done by Mamuang. Anyway the teacher keeps high spirit in the performing team. Nam is nominated as major cheerleader to handle and throw the walking stick. She needs to be beautiful and agile. As first she fails but as she is challenged by other girls she fights back and succeeds. Despite her achievement, Chon still has no interest in her. Worst than that, Chon's best friend, Top, tries to seduce her. Nam has to accept him in order to be close to Chon. Finally she alienates her old friends. She finally tells Top that she doesn't love him. Nam finishes her exams at the first rank. During the last day of the school year, students sign each other shirts. Finally Nam tells Chon how much she loves him but it is too late as Chon has already a new girlfriend. Chon is selected to play football in a Thai club. Nam goes to USA to stay with her father. It is discovered that Chon loved Nam but never dares to tell her. Nine years have passed. Nam has become a successful designer. They finally become reunited on a TV show. The movie end is quite basic and without surprise as they finally get reunited. It is anyway a sweet and enjoyable movie in the range of Thai popular teen romantic movies in recent years. This movie won the award in the audience-chosen Laugh category at the Okinawa International Movie Festival. “First Love” (สิ่งเล็กๆที่เรียกว่ารัก) movie also reaps 80M Baht in 2010 in second position behind another romantic comedy “Hello Stranger” (กวน มึน โฮ).
Year: 2011
Thai title: วัยรุ่นพันล้าน
English title: Top Secret
Rating: 4/5
Director:
Main actor: Pachorn Jirathiwat,Piak Poster
Main actress:
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Thai movie วัยรุ่นพันล้าน / Top Secret was released in year 2011 and last 1h54mn. A teenager, named Top, wishes to borrow 10M Baht from a Thai bank. He has to explain his story to the salesman. Piak Poster, the famous Thai movie director, is playing his uncle. He gets money from gaming. He buys an expensive car. His parents are upset and concerned about his studies and time spent on gaming. Top tries to get money from DVD business but it fails as he bought cheap DVD players from China (จีนแดง) so he ends up losing money. His gaming activities are also stopped when his account gets deleted. His father is very upset with him. His mother is upset but still protects him. He refuses any money from his father and will find money to pay for university fees. At nighttime, he steals a Buddha amulet from his father to sell it for 100 000 baht to finance his studies. He needs to find business activities to buy it back for his father. Top meets his friend Lin playing in a theater troupe. some learn business at school. Top is doing real business trying to sell chestnuts (เกาลัด). Top observes merchants in a market in order to get ideas for his business to blossom. But it is still failing. His parents leave for overseas but Top stays behind. He has a new idea to do fried seaweed (สาหร่ายทอด). He finally succeeds to find a right formula and business is booming. His parents' home is on sales. His father has a debt of 40M baht, so they left Thailand. Top needs to find a great idea to get such amount of money. He decides to promote his snacks to 7 Eleven HQ. They finally accept and ask for 72000 packets! The bank refuses to lend him money as he is too young. He borrows 1M baht at risk to build a factory. QA inspection done by 7 Eleven is successful. In two years he made 40M baht and is able to pay back his father’s debts. It is based on a real story, i.e. the life of young businessman อิทธิพัทธ์ กุลพงษ์วณิชย์ around year 2004.
Year: 2012
Thai title: มึง-กู เพื่อนกันจนวันตาย
English title: Friends never die
Rating: 4/5
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Main actor: Mario Maurer
Main actress:
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Friends never die - มึง-กู เพื่อนกันจนวันตาย is a 2012 movie about friendship and love. Kan (Mario Maurer) is the tough guy leader of a teen gang (ว่ายรุ่น) in Chiang Mai. He is the son of a rich businessman who is always in meeting and who believes love to his son is enough filled with money. His parents have never time for him. The movie features two couples, i.e. Song and Tidiu, Nem and Kan. They are all students. Song is accepted in Kan's group as he plays well football (เพื่อนกัน). Song has no friends. He went to Chiang Mai to avoid his mother dictatorship. A romance starts with Tidiu but it causes jealousy with other students. A misunderstanding happens between Song and Tidiu. Meanwhile Nem refuses to speak to Kan anymore as she still believes her brother died because of his friendship with Kan. She finally understands that Kan tried to help her brother involved in drug trafficking but it was too late. Kan has compensated his parents' lack of love with his friends. Following an argument with a daughter of a rich local notable, Kan's friend gets seriously beaten. Kan and his friends do their best to rescue him even if they are outnumbered. This increases their friendship. During New Year’s Eve, Kan is deadly stabbed but refuses to tell his friends as he has promised a date and refuses to break promise. Song remembers Kan's advice, i.e. boys shall win but not die so he doesn't slain the one who deadly injured Kan. Despite Kan’s departure, his inspiration stays with Song forever. This teen movie features heartthrob actor Mario Maurer and features feelings related to love / friendship (มีแฟนอย่าลืมเพื่อน).
Year: 2013
Thai title: ตั้งวง
English title: Tang Wong
Rating: 5/5
Director: Kongdej Jaturanrasamee
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Thai film ตั้งวง (Tang Wong) was released in year 2013. The movie takes place during red shirts protests in Bangkok in year 2010. A boy has bad scores and has a dream to join a sport class. His girlfriend suggests him to ask a vow to a local deity but he doesn't believe in spirit belief that much. Another couple in love takes a vow (บน) to keep their love forever. Two students take vow also as they are not studying well. But there is a need to promise something to the spirit in order to fulfill the vow (แก้บน). Vows are now filled. They are all reunited by circumstances. They had promised to dance (รำ) so they have to do it. To hire a troupe costs 8000 bath so finally an uncle accepts to pay for their dance lessons as he believes they cannot make it. Nut is their teacher. She teaches them Tang Wong (ตั้งวง), which is a graceful dance gesture with fingers set at 90 degrees. After a while, the early motivation disappears. The students get blamed by their science teacher for believing in supernatural things. Everybody in the school makes fun of them (ตัวตลก). One of them go to fulfill (แก้บน) alone at night time but gets recorded on YouTube. Em, one of teen student, is now father but flees his responsibilities. Nut, a lady boy, is supposed to get married but it fails. The teens' issues happen in parallel with the political protests. There is corruption in real life and supernatural life. The shrine is burnt so no need to dance anymore. There is a parallel with Ratchaprasong district in Bangkok burning following the 2010 riots. Fiang's father, taking part in protests, is finally safe. This movie also contains critics on Thai education. This is much more than a standard teen movie and it is dealing with interesting thoughts about traditional beliefs evolution between generations.
The Thai movie saga "Boonchu" is made of eight movies. Boonchu represents the Thai peasant attributes (timidity, modesty...) in a cheerful manner. Boonchu always speaks with a provincial accent. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk and successfully completed his studies in a temple. Every Boonchu movie was successful. It brought Bandit Ritthakol recognition as a director. In 2008, a new movie came as the series was celebrating its 20th anniversary. Boonchoke, son of Boonchu and Mo, is following in his father's footsteps by coming from Isan to Bangkok to attend university. Boonchu 3 and 4 were never made. As a marketing gimmick, the production skips them to go directly from Boonchu 2 to Boonchu 5.
Year: 1988
Thai title: บุญชู
English title:
Rating: 3/5
Director: Bandit Ritthakol
Main actor: Santisuk Promsiri,Kiet Kijcharouen,Nirut Sirijanya
Main actress: Jintara Sookkapat
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Boonchu is a nice but simple felow. He is always read to help. His mother sends him to Bangkok to better prepare his exams to enter university. He gets some new friends and likes a young lady called Mo. He helps Mo that has troubles with another boy who loves her. He finally fails his exams but his friends convinve to try again the next year.
Year: 1989
Thai title: บุญชู 2 น้องใหม่
English title:
Rating: 3/5
Director: Bandit Ritthakol
Main actor: Santisuk Promsiri,Sor Asanajinda,Kiet Kijcharouen
Main actress: Jintara Sookkapat
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Boonchu is coming back to Bangkok to study. He is working part time with a family relative in the university library. During the year, Boonchu helps Mo and his friends to find money to support a remote village and also helps when the money is stolen. Finally Boonchu passes his exams successfully.
Year: 1990
Thai title: บุญชู 5
English title:
Rating: 3/5
Director: Bandit Ritthakol
Main actor: Santisuk Promsiri,Kiet Kijcharouen,Tongchai Prasongsanti
Main actress: Jintara Sookkapat
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Boonchu is studying hard in a Bangkok university. He decides to help another student, whose didn't get a loan due to the student committee overspending money. He tries to become the new head of the student committee through election but fails. He finally proves the student committee corruption.
Year: 1991
Thai title: บุญชู 6
English title:
Rating: 3/5
Director: Bandit Ritthakol
Main actor: Santisuk Promsiri,Kiet Kijcharouen
Main actress: Jintara Sookkapat
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Boonchu is still studying at the university but some of his friends have started to work. Mo is working in a company where her boss Lolita likes to seduce men and tells lies to them. Lolita brings troubles to Boonchu's friends. Finally Boonchu succeeds his exams but goes back working in his village as a farmer. Will his friendship with Mo become love?
Year: 1993
Thai title: บุญชู 7
English title:
Rating: 3/5
Director: Bandit Ritthakol
Main actor: Santisuk Promsiri,Sombat Methanee,Kiet Kijcharouen
Main actress: Jintara Sookkapat
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Boonchu and Mo want to marry but Boonchu's mother doesn't want him to go to Bangkok and Mo's elder sister doesn't want her to live in countryside. Boonchu and Mo want to live in an old house close to a river. Mo's elder sister Challenges Boonchu to clean the area in one month in order to get her wedding authorization.
Year: 1995
Thai title: บุญชู 8
English title:
Rating: 3/5
Director: Bandit Ritthakol
Main actor: Santisuk Promsiri,Sorapong Chatree,Kiet Kijcharouen
Main actress: Jintara Sookkapat,Jarunee Sooksawad
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Boonchu and Mo are now married and Mo is pregrant. Boonchu helps to recover the village temple Buddha statue that has been stolen.
Year: 2008
Thai title: บุญชู 9
English title:
Rating: 3/5
Director: Bandit Ritthakol
Main actor: Santisuk Promsiri,Kiet Kijcharouen
Main actress: Jintara Sookkapat
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Many years have passed. Boonchu and Mo have a son called Boonchoke. Boonchoke is now a Buddhist novice since many years. Boonchu is happy about that as he doesn't have any problem with his son. Mo disagrees and secretly she succeeds to have Boonchoke disrobed and sends him from Isan to Bangkok to attend university. She asks her old Bangkok friends to support Boonchoke. All Boonchu and Mo's friends are now parents also so their kids support Boonchoke. Boonchoke is chasing a young lady who stole his wallet. Same as his father he failed the first year exams as he helps this young lady chased by a gang. This opus 9 plays with nostalgia with participation of all former actors that played in Boonchu serie twenty years ago. It is adapted to modern movie style but still maintaining the atmosphere of earlier episodes with similar jokes from Boon Chu and his son, good-hearted country bumpkins. Boonchu 9 cleared 15 million baht over the first four-day period. This remake couldn't be the same without Jintara Sookkapat and Santisuk Promsiri as Boonchu.
Year: 2010
Thai title: บุญชู จะอยู่ในใจเสมอ
English title: Boonchoo 10
Rating: 4/5
Director: Kiet Kijcharouen
Main actor: Santisuk Promsiri,Kiet Kijcharouen
Main actress: Jintara Sookkapat
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It is opus 10 regarding Boonchu saga. Unfortunately director Bandit Ritthakol just died in 2009 when doing the movie pre-production so Kiet Kijcharouen has directed this movie. Boonchoke is going to Chiang Mai to study to university. His parents, Boonchu and Mo, let him go alone so that he can acquire more independence. He meets a lovely girl called Khun Chahom. He is sharing a flat with a new friend called Mor. Mor teaches Boonchoke what is correct or not when talking to ladies. Mo is two months pregnant but doesn't say to Boonchu as she is afraid he will not let her visit their son in Chiang Mai. Meanwhile Boonchu and his friends head to Chiang Mai. On the way they meet the same restaurant owner present in all previous movies opus. Director Kiet Kijcharouen’s talent is to handle well the gags and they are not seen as a patchwork of assembled jokes often seen in some other modern Thai comedies. Boonchu visits Chiang Mai night market with his friends but his wallet is stolen. The owner has some “Ong Bak” skills so he can avoid being caught. Finally a young and mysterious lady helps to catch him and gives back his wallet to Boonchu. Boonchu and Mo cannot meet Boonchoke on the following day as he has gone hiking in the forest with his friend Mor. They face some wild animal smugglers. Luckily a young lady called Champa help them. They release the animals. She is Chahom's sister and is also the one who helped Boonchu. Captured by the smugglers, they succeed to escape and meet again Boonchoke’s parents. On the following day Champa learns that the smugglers plan to cut an one hundred years tree in the forest. She decide to oppose again. Boonchu and his son go also as Champa helped them before. During the arguments (Thai generations heritage protection versus immediate money) with the ruffians, Boonchu is shot in the chest. A sad song of life is played (คนดีของไทย) as Boonchu is seriously injured. The movie finally ends happily, i.e. the tree is saved, ruffians captured, Boonchu recovers and is very happy to learn that he is going to be a father a second time. As usual with Boonchu movies, there are many good feelings and messages regarding environment in this last opus.
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