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Year 2003
Year: 2003
Thai title: คลื่นเหงา สาวข้างบ้าน
English title: Sexphone and The Lonely Wave
Rating: 2/5
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Main actor: Somchai Samipak
Main actress: Paula Taylor
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Two neighbours, Deu and J, are having a hard time. Once, when J was brokenhearted, she calls the radio DJ of a talk show called "The Lonely Wave". Deu is filling in while the usual DJ is on leave. Ignoring this, J begins talking dirty with the DJ, completely forgetting that her sex talk is being broadcast live on air to the nation.
Year: 2003
Thai title: โกหก ... ทั้งเพ
English title: Fake
Rating: 4/5
Director: Thanakorn Pongsuwan
Main actor: Ray McDonald
Main actress: Patcharapa Chaichua
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Fake is an art-house movie dealing with the complexities of life in Bangkok. It uses the different perspectives of the three lead characters to tell a love story with the same woman.
Year: 2003
Thai title: ความรักครั้งสุดท้าย
English title: Last Love
Rating: 3/5
Director: ChatriChalerm Yukol
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It relates the story of Ros, an art lecturer at Silpakorn University whose married life falls apart. The mother of three then falls in love with Chidchuea. But their love comes to an end when he refuses to accept her kids. Later Ros loses her children in an accident and receives a goodbye letter from Chidchuea. Pat, a young friend who once acted as matchmaker, comes into her life. Pat's sister is against their relationship and tries to separate her younger brother from Ros. When Pat leaves to study abroad, Ros can no longer bear the pain of her losses and decides to end her life. The director ChatriChalerm Yukol had done a remake of his own 1974 movie. In 1974 it was a then-scandalous story of a love affair between an older woman and a younger man.
Year: 2003
Thai title: มวยไทย นายขนมต้ม
English title: NAI KHANOM TOM
Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Yodchai Meksuwan
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It is the story of a famous Thai boxer, Nai Khanom Tom, who, having been captured by the Burmese, regained his freedom by defeating nine of the enemy's gladiators in a contest witnessed by the Burmese king.
Year: 2003
Thai title: คืนไร้เงา
English title: One night husband
Rating: 3/5
Director: Pimpaka Towira
Main actor: Phongphat Wachirabanjong
Main actress: Nicole Theriault,Siriyakorn Pukkaves
The film follows the life of Sipang, an urbane and self-confident Bangkok woman whose husband disappears after he receives a mysterious phone call on the night of their wedding. She begins to search for him with the help of his elder brother Chatchai and his introverted wife Busaba, a traditional housewife totally dependent on her abusive husband. During the search, Sipang and Busaba, who are worlds apart in outlook, grow increasingly close and explore the value of life, love and devotion as women living in contemporary Thai society.
Year: 2003
Thai title: คืนบาป พรหมพิราม
English title: Macabre case of Prom Pi Ram
Rating: 4/5
Director: Manop Udomdej
Main actor: Somphob Benjatikul
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In year 1977, around 30 males reportedly raped a woman until she died. She had been kicked off her train at Phrom Phiram short of her intended stop for not having a ticket. This movie relates this story and the police enquiry to find the culprits. Local politicians had interfered with the judicial process after the crime. This action raises the inequality facing women in Thai society, especially when they are crime victims. The film's co-producer is ChatriChalerm Yukol. Manop Udomdej started working on his project after he read a book based on the tragedy written by investigative journalist Santi Sawetwimol, who uncovered details about the case that local authorities had tried to cover up.
Year: 2003
Thai title: มหาอุตม์
English title: Great Talisman
Rating: 2/5
Director:
Main actor: Nirut Sirijanya
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Thai movie มหาอุตม์ was released in year 2003 and lasts 1h37mn. A soldier called Thongkham protected by tattoos survive attacks at the Thai border. He saves a young child in a village where all inhabitants were killed. He names the kid as Jet. Many years passed. Thongkham is now a monk. He teaches Jet the power of tattoos ("SAK" - สัก) but make him to promise to use it wisely. Jet (Chartchai Ngam-San) is a firearm instructor. His friend Chai is taxi driver but he gets harassed by ruffians, who want to use him to transport drugs. Jet follows the ruffians but a police intervention happens at same time. Ruffians believe that Jet informed the police. Jet meets Pat, a lady working in a company linked to the ruffians. Nirut Sirijanya is a drug kingpin. Another drug exchange fails in a club. But police cannot catch the leaders. Jet is aggressed in his shower and his body is thrown in the river. Pat and Chai recuperate the body on time. Bombs are set up in Bangkok. The monk (หลวงพ่อ) helps to speed up Jet’s recovery. The leader complains that Thongkham left him many years ago during a battle. The monk is killed. A bomb is set up in Anusawaree, Bangkok. Pat, the police leader and Jet as a team have to defeat the ruffians’ leader protected by powerful tattoos. According to The Nation, The film failed at the box office partly because of the loose plot, but mainly because the producer had cut it so short that it was hard to understand.
Year: 2003
Thai title: ฮวงจุ้ย ฟ้า-ดิน-คน-ลิขิต
English title: Feng Shui
Rating: 3/5
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Main actress: Jintara Sookkapat
In a Chinese family, Pa and Ma have four children. Pa's right hand man, called Chai, has earned a place in the family. Chai falls in love with Yok, the eldest sister among the four but Yok only considers Chai as her senior. Having lived under Pa's shadow all his life and devastated by Yok's rejection, Chai's discontent turns into vengeance. He avails himself of the services of an evil Feng Shui master to make the four young boys and girls facing a hard fate...
Year: 2003
Thai title: ตะเคียน
English title: Takean
Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Sorapong Chatree
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Kamnan (กำนัน) Witaya has his best friend killed by Mae Takean, a female spirit inhabiting in hopea odorata trees. He has to take care of his friend's young son. After a few years, a dam is under construction and all trees shall fall, including the Mae Takean's tree. The spirit won't let the dam built without any problem...
Year: 2003
Thai title: เฮี้ยน
English title: The mother
Rating: 4/5
Director: Bandit Thongdee
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Main actress: Aranya Namwong,Intira Jaroenpura
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This movie is about an addicted young woman having visions. She sees a lady ghost and hears baby screams. The lady ghost is looking for her baby that has been transformed into a "KUMAN THONG" (กุมารทอง). Wishing to stop the visions, the young woman is investigating about the lady death and is getting her help.
Year: 2003
Thai title: ผีซ่อนศพ
English title: Diecovery
Rating: 2/5
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Following an argument between two young women and a young man in a old house, one of the ladies fell accidentally from a balcony and died. To avoid problems with police, the body is buried and the mouth is closed with sacred thread. 25 years later a young couple, Mook and Ton, rent the house and mysterious events happen (snake apparition, horrible visions...). An older couple, who are the owner of the house, welcome the younger couple. A crawling ghost appear at night time. As she fell from the balcony, her back was broken, so the ghost can only creep. Three young guys selling Ya Ba try to rape Mook but the ghost protects her and chases the three bad guys, who are killed one by one. Finally the older couple recognizes their involvement in the accident 25 years ago. It looks more a telemovie scenario than a real horror film.
Year: 2003
Thai title: คนสั่งผี
English title: Ghost delivery
Rating: 2/5
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Main actor: Ananda Everingham
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A young man called Piroyan has set up a worldwide collection of ghosts for specified jobs. When you want to haunt someone, just tell his company and they'll deliver ghosts! This movie shows a modern revision of traditional ghosts, i.e. Kuman Thong (กุมารทอง), Kraseu (ผีกระสือ), Phop (ผีปอบ)... Ghosts are beautiful and wear modern clothes. Kuman Thong wears a superman tee-shirt! A new boss takes over the ghost company Ghostkey.com A lady ghost is helping Piroyan and a love story happens between them. Hopefully Piroyan can use a mysterious ghost book to neutralize the evil ghosts.
Year: 2003
Thai title: แก้วขนเหล็ก
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Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Vinai Kraibutr,Kowit Wattanakul,Choomporn Theppitak,Rith Luecha,Sombat Methanee
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Thai movie แก้วขนเหล็ก was released in year 2003. It lasts 1h33mn. Previous versions were released in year 1971 and 1983. Thai movie แก้วขนเหล็ก with Kanchit Kwanpracha and Petchara Chaowarat was released in year 1971 and was still in 16mm format. It was very popular and even earns more money than other 35mm movies. Mekin (Vinai Kraibutr) is playing with black magic (เล่นของ). He kidnaps a young lady but his own father stops him on time. His father (Kowit Wattanakul) imprisons him. Mekin finally disappears from the jail. Decades passed. Uncle Jaem (Choomporn Theppitak) is guiding Dom in his new home. The previous house’s owner was Mekin... Dom and his girlfriend Rose visit the scary cellar of the inhabited house. Dom is versed in Tibetan old lecture. Wat and his girlfriend Ning are close friends with Dom and Rose. Wat helps an older man aggressed by ruffians. He gives him a ring (แหวนแก้วขนเหล็ก) able to chase away bad spirit. They are linked to previous lives. Dom wakes up Mekin through summon magic. Rose finds that Dom changed a lot (ผีเข้า). Mekin takes uncle Jaem's daughter as a vampire. Master (อาจารย์) Yong (Rith Luecha) tries to interpose... Dom and Mekin come to Rose's birthday party. Rose’s father is played by Sombat Methanee. Mekin loved Ning in a previous life. Wat uses a sacred book with prayers to get rid of Maekin but Dom steals it. Aware that Wat has a sacred ring (แหวนศักสิท), Mekin and Dom have to get rid of him. The ring is stolen and Ning is kidnapped. Mekin succeeds to create zombies (ปลุกผี). Thai police intervenes but zombies are hard to stop. Through a daring final, Master Yong and Wat defeat Mekin.
Year: 2003
Thai title: บุปผาราตรี
English title: Rahtree: Flower of the Night
Rating: 4/5
Director: Yuthlert Sippapak
Main actor: Somchai Sakdikul,Der Doksadao
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A rich playboy seduces and abandons a young lady called Rhatree. The young lady kills herself and her apartment is now haunted. Nobody can get the ghost out despite the multiple trials by a Chinese medium and a catholic priest. Full of sorrow, the playboy comes back but doesn't know that her lover is now a ghost...
Year: 2003
Thai title: เยาวราช
English title: Yaowarat
Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Shahkrit Yamnarm,Somjin Thammatat
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Bangkok Yaowarat district has so far been protected by mafia godfather Tong, with the assistance of Saleng as his right-hand man. Meanwhile, the Pahurat area is controlled by another gangster, Dada, and his close partner, Kaolad. The coexistence of the rival territories is shattered when Saleng and Kaolad challenge each other.
Year: 2003
Thai title: จังหวัด 77
English title: Province 77 Los Angeles
Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Pete Thongjure
Main actress: Metinee Kingpayome
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It is dealing about Thai people emigrating to USA. Most of them start to settle in Los Angeles in an area called "Thai town" or the Thai 77th province as many Thai people live there. A father with three children is facing issues with his restaurant. He still wants to apply Thai traditional values, but his eldest daughter is living with an American man and his son is frequenting a local gang. Only his youngest daughter still try to follow his advice. The father hires a new Thai immigrant in his restaurant. This man is a former cop who has come to put an end to criminal gang. Through confrontation with the local gang, the Thai family unifies again. Since the 1970s, "Thai town" area has been the gateway for Thai immigrants coming to Southern California. Of the 50 000 Thai residents in Los Angeles County, a good portion are believed to live around "Thai town".
Year: 2003
Thai title: องค์บาก
English title: Ong Bak
Rating: 4/5
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Main actor: Tony Jaa,Mum Jokmok,Suchao Pongwilai
Main actress: Pumwaree Yodkamol
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"Ong Bak" is a Buddha statue located in a remote northeastern Thai village. One day, the statue head is stolen. A young man is going to Bangkok in order to get back the stolen head. He is a old style Thai boxing expert. In Bangkok, he is getting the help from a teenage girl and a fellow coming from the same village. They are facing a dangerous gang specialized in stealing old Buddhist artifacts. It raises opposition between village life (peace, slowness, culture respect, local Buddhist traditional festivals, villagers unity...) and Bangkok city life (danger, drug, prostitution, gambling, materialism, foreigners...). This movie contains art martial scenes that Hong Kong movies can envy. It grossed 120 million baht in Thailand. "Ong Bak" has been awarded the Action Asia prize at France's Deauville Asian Film Festival. 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 2015, which is Thai Movies Conservation Day.
Year: 2003
Thai title: สตรีเหล็ก 2
English title: The Iron ladies 2
Rating: 2/5
Director: Yongyooth Thongkonthun
Main actor: Jesdaporn Pholdee
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Some members have quit the Iron ladies team. One of the member even joined a competitor team called the "tip-top". Some Iron ladies members decide to reunify the whole team in order to confront the "tip-top" team. It is the opportunity to remember how the Iron ladies team was created and the problems they faced due to their gay status.
Year: 2003
Thai title: ว๊ายบึ้ม
English title: Cheerleader Queens
Rating: 1/5
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It is also based on "KATOEI". Several gay friends decided to participate to a cheerleader contest. They were not allowed to play in other teams so they decided to make their own team and win the national championship.
Year: 2003
Thai title: หลบผี ผีไม่หลบ
English title:
Rating: 2/5
Director:
Main actor: Note Chernyim,Akom Preedakul
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Two students groups with their teacher are staying in a village. One group is looking for ghosts proofs. The other group is shooting a ghost movie. Funny situations happen between the two groups until real ghosts appear in the village...
Year: 2003
Thai title: ช้างเพื่อนแก้ว
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Rating: 3/5
Director: Bin Banleurit
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Main actress: Janthana Siriporn
It is about a little boy going to Bangkok with his three elephants in order to look for his father. He is also helping a little girl looking for her mother.
Year: 2003
Thai title: แฟนฉัน
English title: My Girl
Rating: 4/5
Director:
Main actor: Charlie Trairattana
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This nostalgia-ridden movie narrates a story of gangs of pre-teen friends. It grossed more than 100 million baht in Thailand. It deals with many subjects linked to childhood, i.e. pre-teen loves, separation from friends when parents move to other cities, games with boys and girls etc... 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: 2003
Thai title: แอบคนข้างบ้าน
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Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Pongsak Pongsuwan,Akom Preedakul,Somchai Sakdikul
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A thief expert in forgery has to help the police to look for a house hiding a drug ring. So he has to spy all the houses in a neighborhood. This movie plays with everybody's hidden secret to know what our neighbours are doing!
Year: 2003
Thai title: 191 1/2 มือปราบทราบแล้วป่วน
English title: Crazy Cops 191 1/2
Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Phairoj Jaising
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This movie uses the eternal theme of new young policeman having to work with an old style policeman. The new young policeman is just graduated. The new young policeman claims he works for the Thai society and not for himself. The old style policeman is still believing in Buddha amulets for protection, receives bribes from shops, plays snooker during working hours, protects a local gambling den and has a relax attitude. But he is a goodhearted man. Mae, a young crime journalist, is assigned to accompany them on the field. Their ways of working are completely different. The young man spends a lot of time in negotiation. The older man goes straight to the point. The older policeman has a young wife. As his young wife left him for a younger and richer man so he is in bad mood and bad shape. In parallel of this story, former Isan robbers go back home. Their father is dying and asks them to find his lost son in Bangkok. They will of course meet the two policemen during their quest in Bangkok. The movie ends up happily with the two Isan men finding their half brother, the two policemen catching a big drug dealer and the young wife coming back.
Year: 2003
Thai title: พันธุ์ร็อก หน้าย่น
English title: Rock never dies
Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Thep Po-ngam
Main actress: Penpak Sirikul
Four men who were Rock stars during their youth decide to make a comeback. A former girlfriend, who is now responsible of music marketing, threatens the success of the comeback. Will they succeed? Penpak Sirikul won best supporting actress for her role in this musical comedy.
Year: 2003
Thai title: คนปีมะ
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Rating: 3/5
Director: Note Chernyim
Main actor: Jaturong Mokjok,Krung Srivilai,Note Chernyim,Chatchai Plengpanich,Akom Preedakul,Chusak Aiemsuk
Main actress: Naowarat Yooktanun
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Thai movie คนปีมะ was released in year 2003. It lasts 1h59mn. Note Chernyim is the movie director. It is a musical Comedy. Four guys are having bad luck, i.e. Nok (นภัสกร มิตรเอม) a Thai boxer defeated and his girlfriend leaving him for an older richer man, Kung (Jaturong Mokjok) a Likay performer injuring incidentally his mother (Naowarat Yooktanun), David (ถั่วแระ เชิญยิ้ม) always failing magic tricks, Pao (ชูษี เชิญยิ้ม) wishing to be a singer. As they complain that gods are not helping them, the gods finally send an angel (เทวดา) called Sai Fa to help them. Same as Terminator movie scene, the angel comes to help them. All are born the horse year (คนปีมะ). Multiple country songs (ลูกทุ่ง) are happening during the movie. The five friends help a young lady called O (นิธิพร มั่นนาค). Her father is close to Nai Amnat (Krung Srivilai). Nai Amnat tries to be a nice man as he gives money to support the school, where O is a teacher, but he is in fact a ruffians’ leader dealing with drugs. His friends tease Nok as he is only a poor guy (หมาวัด) and has little chance to win O’s heart (ดอกฟ้า). Nok meets Chatchai Plengpanich, his idol. Chusak Aiemsuk is playing a small ruffian’s role also. A woman has proofs against Nai Amnat’s illegal activities. Before fleeing, she gives a CD to her son. He takes refuge with the five friends but the ruffians keep looking for the child. The five friends protect the child and the angle Sai Fa uses his special power to help them. Nai Amnat hires hitman Prakan (Akom Preedakul) to get rid of the five friends. Police finally intervenes to catch the ruffians. Nok gets rid of the leader through Thai boxing. Sai Fa has to go back to heaven and to leave his friends. The movie got a revenue of 25M Baht.
Year: 2003
Thai title: เรื่องรัก น้อยนิด มหาศาล
English title: Last Life in the Universe
Rating: 4/5
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Main actor: Asano Tadanobu
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Kenji is a Japanese working in a Bangkok library. He is obsessed by suicide. Noi and Nid are two sisters working in Karaoke for Japanese customers. Wishing to jump from a bridge, Kenji is distracted by a young woman he recognises from the library. This woman, Nid, is hit by a car and killed. Kenji then spends three days with Noi in her home. They start to learn and appreciate each other despite their opposite characters but Noi has to go to Osaka for work. The movie has a slow, dark and bleak pace. It has received many awards (Venice Film Festival, Thailand National Film Association Awards, Bangkok International Film Festival).
Year: 2003
Thai title: บิวตี้ฟูล บ๊อกเซอร์
English title: Beautiful boxer
Rating: 4/5
Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham
Main actor: Sorapong Chatree
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It is based on the true story of Parinya Kiatbusaba, a champion kickboxing transvestite. Described as a living paradox – he fought like a man in order to become a woman – his story is a tale of one effeminate boy's determination to do whatever it took to raise the money to turn himself into the woman that he had always felt that he was. When people think about transvestite (กะเทย), they think about clowns, entertainers. This movie digs deep into the heart of someone who is a transvestite character.
Year: 2003
Thai title: โอเคเบตง
English title: OK Baytong
Rating: 4/5
Director: Nonzee Nimitbut
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Tum is a Buddhist monk for 27 years. When his sister is killed in a terrorist explosion on a train in the south of Thailand, he decided to disrobe in order to look after his niece. Once in the city, Tum has to learn a new life. Living above his sister's hair salon, he is confronted with a new world he knows nothing about, i.e. cell phones, drinking, sex, love, trousers with zip, to ride a bicycle, to work. This movie also raises Buddhist versus Muslim themes.
Year: 2003
Thai title: องคุลิมาล
English title: Angulimala
Rating: 3/5
Director: Suthep Tannirat
Main actor: Nopachai Chaiyanam
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Angulimala was born into a Brahmin caste, the highest Indian caste. However he was predestined to become a cruel bandit. He was deceived by his jealous teacher who told him he must kill 1,000 people and cut their thumbs off to make a necklace if he wished to attain highest wisdom. When Angulimala met Buddha, he tried in vain to catch and kill him, then Buddha convinced him to become a monk. The director spent three years making the movie with 80 million baht and faced censorship.
Year: 2003
Thai title: สนิมสร้อย
English title: Feathers of Passion
Rating: 3/5
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This movie is adapted from Thai author Rong Wongsawan's best-selling novel. It follows the lives, loves and lusts of men and women whose relationships start in a high-class brothel 50 years ago. This post-war story focuses on love and relationships between the brothel madam, a pimp, young prostitutes and customers. It relates many stories about customers that come for initiation, customers that are in a lovestory with a girl but suffer because she has to go also with other customers to gain money, customers that marry girls, girls who get diseases... The movie highlights the tough existence for those ladies without a livelihood. The story is set when the Thai government was planning to outlaw prostitution. Home-style brothels were flourishing without any competition from massage parlours and entertainment complexes. Many women were driven to prostitution to support themselves as a result of poverty and basic education. 50 years ago Thai society encouraged women to stay at home. No need to study as the future husband shall take care about them.
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.
