THAI COMEDY MOVIES
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Some Comedy Thai movies (หนังตลก) are based on horror themes but with an overall funny content. Light comedy ghost movies are popular bets for Thai audience.
Year: 1979
Thai title: แดร็กคูล่าต๊อก
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Rating: 3/5
Director: Lor Tok
Main actor: Nirut Sirijanya,Sawin Sawangrat,Settha Sirachaya,Lor Tok,Sithao Petcharoen,Sompong Phonmitr,Kokheng
Main actress: Naiyana Shewanan,Wiyada Umarin
Klom (Nirut Sirijanya) and Sae (Naiyana Shewanan) love each other. They wish to die together as their love story is impossible as Klom is poor and Sae's father wants her to marry kamnan Oi's son. Oi (Sawin Sawangrat) is an influential local ruffian. The son CheunKlan is played by veteran actor Settha Sirachaya. Some local ghosts (ผีกระสือ and ผีกระหัง) wish to help them as there are already enough spirits in the graveyard (ป่าช้า)! The male spirit helps Klom to give a lesson to CheunKlan and his sbires (มือปืน). The spirits have invited Dracula (ผีฝรั่ง) for a meeting in Thailand to discuss about issues they are facing (overpopulation in cemetery, people doing less donations to spirits...). The two fathers want CheunKlan and Sae (ลูกไม่รักดี) to get engaged. Dracula (Lor Tok) wants to discover Thailand (spicy food and disco). Dracula meets Oum (Wiyada Umarin), a young lady just dropped by her boyfriend. Sae simulates to be possessed (ผีเข้า) but both fathers hire a spirit doctor (หมอผี) to chase the spirit. Sae finally passed away (สิ้นใจ). To help Klom, the two ghosts prepare a plan, one is going to see the hell guardian (Sithao Petcharoen) to ask for clemency and one is possessing the body to prevent decay (เน่าเปื่อย). Klom visits hell to find Sae. He sees some people tortured as they did behave badly in their previous life (member of Parliament having lied and having made false promises...). Corruption is present in hell also! Finally Klong finds Sae in the heaven and get authorization to bring her spirit (วิญญาณ) back to earth. Meanwhile Dracula falls in love with Oum but later on kidnaps also Sae who is back from heaven. This comedy movie starts with a funny idea, sarcastic comments on Thai society but ends up crazily (บ้าบอ) with the real movie director complaining on Lor Tok acting as Dracula. Finally all flee in front of a real ghost. Veteran actor Sithao Petcharoen got a Thai cinema award for his comic role as hell guardian. A second part called หักเหลี่ยมแดร๊กคูล่า was released 7 years later in 1986.
Year: 1986
Thai title: หักเหลี่ยมแดร็กคูล่า
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Rating: 2/5
Director:
Main actor: Lor Tok,Thep Thienchai,Boo Wibunnan,Somsak Chaisongkram,Supakorn Srisawat,Note Chernyim
Main actress: Sinjai Hongthai
Thai movie หักเหลี่ยมแดร็กคูล่า was released in year 1986 and lasts 2 hours. It was released under VCD format by company Premium Digital. This movie is a mix of comedy, light horror and some romance. Today is Dracula (Lor Tok)'s birthday. Thep Thienchai meets Doctor Molina (Sinjai Hongthai) on the beach in Pattaya. While doing jet ski, she falls in the water. Thep wishes to help her but finally she is the one to help him as he doesn't know how to swim. Boo Wibunnan welcomes Molina in a house full of spirits. She is doing experiments there. A group of men arrive in Thailand by plane including Somsak Chaisongjram and his boss Supakorn Srisawat. They must kidnap Doctor Molina. Thep is aware as he heard them talking in a massage shop. Somsak and his friends try to kidnap Molina, but they face ghosts protecting the house and retreat. Somsak consults a shaman (หมอผี), who suggests hiring Dracula. Dracula asks for a 500 000 USD fee. Thep needs help from master Bun (Boo Wibunnan). Bun has the reputation to forget the incantation words. Thep shares the risks faced by Molina. Dracula's team attacks but they face Thep's team. Dracula flies directly to Molina's laboratory but Thep intervenes to stop him. Dracula has to retreat. Thep simulates being a vampire (ผีดิบ), but Doctor Molina can identify Thep is a human and hires him as bodyguard. Thep brings Molina around to show her Thailand. Ruffians, led by Somsak, try to kidnap Doctor Molina in a floating market but Thep helps again. Ruffians are trying to kidnap Doctor Molina as her experiments could help to build weapons. She is glad that Thep is helping her without a second thought. Wishing to get rid of Thep, Dracula attracts him in an underground den to play cards and to drink. Thep (คนหน้าผี) is drunk. When he wakes up, he tries to kill Dracula sleeping in his coffin, but he is bitten by him and becomes a vampire. Being a vampire, Thep attracts Doctor Molina in a trap and she is kidnapped. Boo helps and Thep recovers. He helps Molina to escape from Dracula. Ruffians are chasing Thep and Doctor Molina. Ruffians kidnap doctor Molina and they hide in an unfinished building. Thep and police surround the building. Ruffians ask for a plane to quit Thailand with their hostage (ตัวประกัน). Thep helps Police. Arabic men give money reward but Thep refuses as Thai people have kindness (น้ำใจ). Doctor Molina promises not to forget Thep. At the airport, Thep meets Dracula again. A first movie (แดร็กคูล่าต๊อก) with Lor Tok as Dracula was released in 1979.
Year: 1986
Thai title: โกยมหาสนุก
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Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Yuranan PamornMontri,Sompong Phonmitr,Lor Tok,Sor Asanajinda
Main actress: Naowarat Yooktanun,Jarunee Sooksawad,Chosri Misommon
Thai movie โกยมหาสนุก was released in year 1986 and lasts 1h42mn. It was shown on True Thai Film cable TV. Actors and actresses are Sompong Phonmitr, Yuranan PamornMontri, Naowarat Yooktanun, Jarunee Sooksawad, Chosri Misommon, วรรณิศา ศรีวิเชียร, ชมพู ฟรุตตี้, พิมพ์ใจ พรหมมาลี, วิทย์ยักษ์, อ้วน (หงจินเป่า), ทินกร, ธรรมศักดิ์, สกรรณ์.. This movie is a mix of light horror and comedy. An antic shop is managed by Sompong Phonmitr with Nat (Yuranan PamornMontri) support. Nat meets customer Sopha (Naowarat Yooktanun). Nat's girlfriend is Devalee (Jarunee Sooksawad). Aunt Chosri Misommon doesn't like Nat as he is a bit awkward and he is only a seller of old stuff. Sopha comes to consult master (อาจารย์) Lor Tok. Master Lor Tok claims Nat is her soulmate (เนื้อคู่) so she decides to seduce him. Sopha invites him for dinner so he has to run between Devalee's birthday party and Sopha. Nat has to go as Sopha is a good customer of the antic shop. She calls him boyfriend (แฟน). Devalee follows Nat to know the truth. Undertaker Sor Asanajinda warns Sopha not to disturb Nat anymore but she refuses. Sopha hires thugs to threaten Devalee. Krieng (ชมพู ฟรุตตี้), her younger brother, is shot while trying to protect her. Thugs decide to burn the body to avoid any revenge from the spirit but they have to flee as Sor and Devalee arrive. Krieng, as a ghost, visits her sister. Sopha hires thugs to kidnap Devalee but Krieng spirit stops them. Announcing they are facing a ghost, Sopha agrees to hire master Lor Tok. Lor Tok fails and gets stabbed by Krieng. Devalee refuses to incinerate Krieng's body until he gets his revenge. Devalee and Nat meet Krieng but uncle Sor refuses to believe them. Sor checks the body while all friends are going to the disco. Krieng punches some ruffians. Finally Sor understands that Krieng’s spirit is around! As ruffians wish to get rid of the family and Krieng by burning the house to prevent the spirit from harassing them, Krieng has to intervene and to kill the ruffians by burning them alive. Police suspect uncle Sor. Ruffian's head and Sopha hire a new occult master (หมอผี). They kidnap Devalee to attract Krieng. Nat and his friends succeed to release Devalee. Meanwhile Krieng kills the remaining ruffians and Sopha becomes crazy. Krieng can leave (ลาก่อน) as he has taken his revenge.
Year: 1987
Thai title: ผีเจ้าเล่ห์
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Rating: 3/5
Director: กามเทพ
Main actor: Doo Dook Kradon,Der Doksadao,Thuam Thoranong,Lor Tok,Pipop Pupinyo,Chat Mongkolchai
Main actress: Putsarat Dara
Thai movie ผีเจ้าเล่ห์ was released in year 1987 and lasts 1h27mn. The movie was released under VHS format and VCD format by Lepso Company. The movie director is กามเทพ. Three ruffians, including Doo Dook Kradon - ดู๋ ดอกกระโดน and Der Doksadao - เด๋อ ดอกสะเดา, grimace their face in order to rob a man, named Seti, while he is busy with his new wife (เมียใหม่) Kaew... Seti is killed during the fighting. Villagers, including the subdistrict headman (Thuam Thoranong), are alerted by Kaew and are chasing the ruffians. The ruffians are hiding in a Buddhist temple. The head of the ruffians, Hiem, hides the jewellery near the tombs. He is shot by the villagers. Doo and Der succeed to flee. Doo wishes to ask the ruffians’ leader spirit (วิญญาณ) where the jewellery is hidden. They ask help from Ajan Choo (Lor Tok), but he also wishes to get part of the bounty. Doo and Der flee as they are afraid of ghosts. Young lad Achin, son of Seti, meets Prapreung (ผุสรัตน์ ดารา), the sub district headman’s daughter. He wishes to investigate his father’s death. Achin suspects Kaew, his step-mother, to be involved. Kaew tries to seduce Achin, but he is not interested. Kaew contacts master Choo to get Achin’s love (หลงเสน่ห์), but it fails when Kaew tries it with Achin. Villager Tia dies. Doo wishes to steal his gold teeth and requests support from Der. Pipop Pupinyo is aware by listening to them. He plans to disguise as a ghost to frighten Doo and Der. They meet real ghosts and Der has a heart attack. Achin loves Prapreung, but Kaew tries to break their love. Der is now a ghost (ผี). Der has fun causing humans to be afraid of ghosts. Der meets Doo. Kaew hires Pipop and his acolytes to get rid of Prapreung. Romance starts between Achin and Kaew. Pipop attacks Chin and succeeds in kidnapping Prapreung. Der helps release Prapreung by frightening Pipop. Kaew tries to use Doo to hurt Prapreung. Achin asks for Prapreung’s hand to her father, the subdistrict headman. The wedding preparation is starting. This time Kaew uses another ruffian (Chat Mongkolchai) to get rid of Prapreung. Chat promises to act on the wedding day. He shoots Achin and Kaew. Achin is just injured, but Der helps again to release Prapeung as ruffians are afraid of real ghosts. Finally Achin and Prapreung are reunited and Der can leave this world for hell.
Year: 2002
Thai title: ผีหัวขาด
English title: Headless Hero
Rating: 4/5
Director:
Main actor: Thep Po-ngam,Choomporn Theppitak,Jaturong Mokjok,Note Chernyim
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Before his death, Diao's father instructed him to look for an old friend in a remote village. In this village, he became famous by winning a buffalo racing competition, the boxing competition and the attentions of the village beauty. He also managed to upset the local gangsters by protecting the poor people. After the competitions, Diao chase thiefs, who have stolen the head of a Buddha image in a temple. He managed to retrieve the relic but on his way back to the village, he was accosted by the irate gangsters, who beheaded him. Waking as a headless ghost, he's ready for revenge. It was the best comedy movie of 2002 and received a Thai Oscar award.
Year: 2003
Thai title: หลบผี ผีไม่หลบ
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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: 2004
Thai title: ผีหัวขาด 2
English title: Headless Hero 2
Rating: 2/5
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Two buddies, looking for gambling money, go to a graveyard to steal some cash from a Chinese corpse. Accidentally they spill some blood onto a headless corpse, which promply wakes up. The headless corpse starts to scare the villagers and is following a mysterious talisman quest.
Year: 2004
Thai title: รักเธอเท่าฟ้า
English title: Formalin man
Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Sithao Petcharoen,Chusak Aiemsuk
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An owner of a "Luuk Tung" band is facing a difficult situation. He has to find money to pay for his debt and to save his band from being taken over. Unfortunately, he dies from a car crash accident before he could get the money. His spirit refuses to quit his body. His assistant keeps the secret and inject formalin in the body. The dead owner and his assistant are giving much efforts to keep the band united and find money.
Year: 2004
Thai title: ขุนกระบี่ผีระบาด
English title: SARS Wars
Rating: 5/5
Director:
Main actor: Thep Po-ngam,Somchai Sakdikul
Main actress: Naowarat Yooktanun
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Sars decease spreads worldwide and reaches Thailand. The first to be contaminated is famous TV star Andrew Biggs! Andrew Biggs is television personality in Thailand. Meanwhile the daughter of a mafia leader, called Liu, is kidnapped and kept in the same building as Andrew biggs. A ten million baht ransom is requested. Police shall not be contacted to avoid the daughter facing serious trouble. The father hires a man, who recommends his best student called Nai. Nai speaks like an old style Ayutthaya soldier. Liu succeeds to escape her kidnappers and is rescued by Nai. Andrew Biggs has then become a zombie eating flesh and contaminates many other people in the building. The Thai government closes the building as the virus has spread inside. It is full of zombies. Liu and Nai cannot exit. One government doctor wishes to try her vaccin while another doctor wishes to destroy the whole building to eradicate the virus. This comedy movie mocks the infamous Thai cinema censors and OTOP products (One Tambon One Product). It features Thai classic gags including lady boys (กะเทย), flatulence, giant snake, crazy ghosts (ผีบ้า). It includes references to other foreign movies Jedi, Alien and Thai horror with baby spirits (กุมารทอง). Nai gets bitten also. His master (อาจารย์) comes to help. They suceed to defeat the giant snake and escape from the building. The kidnapper has disguised himself as Liu and so Nai has lost his virginity to a transsexual... Finally the real Liu is retrieved. The bad doctor is bitten by the zombie baby so the SARS decease is not stopped. This movie includes gore scenes with zombies and many funny gags. It really looks like a crazy sexy manga. This movie was not a big success at the Thai box office but it has become a cult movie outside Thailand.
Year: 2007
Thai title: หอแต๋วแตก
English title: Haunting me
Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Koeti Aramboy,Jaturong Mokjok,Somchai Sakdikul,Akom Preedakul,Ekkachai Srivichai
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Thai movie หอแต๋วแตก was released in year 2007 and lasts 1h29mn. This Horror comedy reminds a bit of Baan Phi Pop (บ้านผีปอบ) but goes much beyond as introducing a gay ghost (ผีกะเทย). By year 2016, five opus have been released. While being with Nam Mo, Pancake (Koeti Aramboy) dies from slipping and hurting a WC toilet seat. The four landlords (including Jaturong Mokjok and Ekkachai Srivichai - เอกชัย ศรีวิชัย), old style gays, have to get rid of the corpse. Police comes and Nam Mo is about to tell them the truth as he is being possessed by Pancake. A young lady ghost (เด็กผู้หญิงผี), called Nam Ning (เป้ย ปานวาด), is already present in the building. The tenants, aware of ghosts (เรื่องผี) in the building, wish to quit. The four gay landlords succeed to convince them to stay by offering rent price decrease and promise to get rid of the ghosts. A spirit doctor (แม่หมอ) fails to chase the ghosts! A second one fails also. Akom Preedakul is also having a cameo role. Koeti is lonely (เหงา) and wishes Jaturong Mokjok to do good deeds (ทำบุญ) for him. The young lady ghost was in fact raped and a tape was recorded. While trying to get the tape, Nam Ning fell from the roof. Somchai Sakdikul is hired as a black magician (หมอผี). Nam Mo and Nam Ning are living in different world already (อยู่คนละโลก) but they still have feelings for each other. Finally Nam Ning gets revenge on her rapist and he falls from the roof also. The black magician is decided to get rid of the ghosts. Magic fightings happen and Pancake is using a big sexual amulet (ปลัดขลิกใหญ่) to defeat the black magician. During the fightings, Nam Ning dies while protecting Nam Mo. Pancake also succumbs. Other rapists are arrested by police. The building can be finally exorcised thanks to Buddhist monks.
Year: 2008
Thai title: ผีตาหวานกับอาจารย์ตาโบ๋
English title: The Ghost and Master Boh
Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Akom Preedakul,Jaturong Mokjok,Koeti Aramboy
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Master Boh is supposed to be a medium spirit but in fact he lies to the people that he can communicate with spirits. He randomly predicts the lottery numbers and luckily has one of his follower winning the jackpot! His tricky predictions dissatisfy a powerful local mafia leader called Au. Meanwhile, a girl named Wan, previously murdered by Au, returns as a fearful ghost looking for revenge. Finally, Master Boh and Wan have to team up to defeat the local mafia leader.
Year: 2009
Thai title: หอแต๋วแตก 2
English title: Oh My Ghosts!
Rating: 2/5
Director:
Main actor: Koeti Aramboy,Jaturong Mokjok,Ekkachai Srivichai
Main actress: Tukkie
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Thai movie หอแต๋วแตก 2 (แหกกระเจิง) was released in year 2009. It lasts 1h30mn. There is a mix of scary, comic and teenage sequences. This Thai comedy movie features typical flatulence Thai gags, visual gags and reference to some of the jokes found in Baan Phi Pop (บ้านผีปอบ) film series. It looks like the movie was shoot inside a museum. The same three ladyboys (กะเทย) (Taew as Jaturong Mokjok, Ekkachai Srivichai, ยิ่งศักดิ์ จงเลิศเจษฎาวงศ์), owning a dormitory, need to find where Pancake (Koeti Aramboy) died in order to do proper funeral offerings. They find he died in the toilet so they do pray facing the basin! There is one ghost (Tukkie), called Usamanee, in the dormitory wearing Thai traditional dancer clothes. Pa Yoon (ติ๊ก กลิ่นสี), new tenant (เช่าห้อง), sends a ball on the dormitory’s spirit house. It causes Usamanee's anger and Ploy, Pa Yoon's assistant, dies. There is another Thai ghost lady, called Tichada (อภิญญา สกุลเจริญสุข), in the dormitory. Pancake is having arguments with Usamanee (อีผีบ้า). As usual tenants wish to leave as the dormitory is haunted. It is identified that Pa Yoon, Usamanee and Tichada are related to each other in a previous life. Pa Yoon plans to perform a special ceremony to ensure Usamanee and Tichada cannot rebirth again in another life. Pa Yoon and Toi (วีรดิษฐ์ ศรีมาลัย) were husband and wife in a previous life but Toi liked Usamanee so Pa Yoon killed both Usamanee and Tichada. Pancake and the three ladyboys have to go back in the past to gather information in order to defeat Pa Yoon. As usual, the ladyboys in “Hor Thae Tak” film series wear flashy clothes (แต่งตัวแรง).
Year: 2010
Thai title: น้ำ ผีนองสยองขวัญ
English title: H2-OH
Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Koeti Aramboy,Akom Preedakul
Main actress: Intira Jaroenpura
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Mook disappears in a swimming pool. Somebody drags her under the water. Charlie is a rescuer. One evening while driving carelessly and arguing with his girlfriend over the phone, he hits a passerby. It is Mook! Hopefully she is not dead but has lost her memory. At nighttime a ghost (ผีตามมา) tries to kill her. Charlie has to help her to recover her memory and thoughts. The ghost is coming through the water that is leaking in the hospital. Every time Mook swims, such as rescuing a young girl, ghosts try to drown her (ผีหลอก). Charlie starts to get more information. Mook is a sport student who disappeared two years ago. She starts to remember and meets her former gym teacher, who is now blind. On that tragic night he was driving the mini bus of the students. They have many medals and always promise to stay together. Being drunk, the driver hit a big truck coming in opposite direction. The mini bus falls in the river. Mook succeeds to escape but the other students die. A promise can be given but it can withdraw also (สบาญถอดได้). Finally to ask the spirits regarding the promise withdraw, they need to go back to the former swimming pool which is now closed. Their policeman friend, nicknamed officer (ผู้กอง) despite being only a first grade staff, helps them to enter. Through touching words, Mook convinces the ghosts to stop their quest for applying the former promise. This movie features Intira Jaroenpura, who played in many horror movies, and Koeti Aramboy, young comic actor. This movie includes a popular mix of two kinds of favorite movies by Thai audience, i.e. comedy and horror.
Year: 2010
Thai title: สาระแนเห็นผี
English title:
Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Mario Maurer,Mum Jokmok,Suchao Pongwilai
Main actress: Patcharapa Chaichua
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Thai Horror comedy movie สาระแนเห็นผี was released in year 2010 and lasts 1h47mn. Doo (Mario Maurer) and his friend are out for fun in a discotheque in Bangkok. Following a misunderstanding, mafia leader Suchao Pongwilai is shot dead during an accident in the discotheque. Doo and his friend must flee. They kidnap young lady Ratree (Patcharapa Chaichua) to use her car. Ratree keeps drinking so it looks like she is heartbroken. They take refuge in a Buddhist temple. Thai Police is chasing them. Local undertaker (สัปเหร่อ) takes care of them and indicates a refuge where to go. Seua Pop (Mum Jokmok) is living there. The undertaker is a professional former hitman, so he is impressed by the young men, who dared to shoot a famous mafia leader! They receive bone powder in the eyes so they all can see ghosts now. Thai singer ศุภักษร ไชยมงคล has a small cameo role. Pop has also a strange family. They get shot at night time by an angry man. Pop and his family were in fact already dead. Surrounded by ghosts, Ratree and the two boys must flee again. Ratree meets her boyfriend (ไปกับพี่ / ไปกับผี). He is already dead also. Following an accident, his head hurt a pillar while Ratree was driving. She had hidden the body inside the car trunk. Her boyfriend, wishing to take her back, causes her car to have an accident. All are dead. Being ghosts, Ratree is now Doo’s girlfriend.
Year: 2011
Thai title: หอแต๋วแตก 3 แหวกชิมิ
English title: Hor Taew Tak 3 - Wak Shimi
Rating: 2/5
Director: พจน์ อานนท์
Main actor: Koeti Aramboy,Jaturong Mokjok,Ekkachai Srivichai
Main actress:
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Thai movie หอแต๋วแตก 3 แหวกชิมิ - / Hor Taew Tak 3 - Wak Shimi was released in year 2011 and lasts 1h43mn. The movie poster has to be updated before the release as the poster was considered as culturally incorrect. A tight male swimming suit was replaced by pants. The movie made a gross revenue of 34M THB. The usual ladyboys team (Koeti Aramboy (แพนเค้ก), Jaturong Mokjok (เจ๊แต๋ว), Ekkachai Srivichai (มดดำ)...) is moving to a new dormitory (หอใหม่) but it is a haunted dormitory. Red building is forbidden to access. A female ghost is seen. Another male ghost is seen in the swimming pool. Pancake tries to keep others far from the swimmer ghost, named Teng Thong, as he is very handsome. Dan is the dorm responsible. There is a secret within the red building. Teng Thong died in the swimming pool due to a short circuit. The movie trended on modern topics such as Blackberry BB. Jealousy happens between friends regarding Teng Thong. Teng Tong is finally a vampire. Dan hires some vampire hunters, Plat Phi and โจอี้ เชิญยิ้ม, to catch Teng Tong but they fail to find his coffin. The team realizes that Dan is having a secret. They enquire to identify who killed Teng Tong. Final sequences include werewolves, usage of giant phallus as a rocket and so on… As usual with Hor Taew Tak movies series, there is an excess in language, flashy clothes, salacious jokes. Pancake and Teng Tong get finally married.
Year: 2014
Thai title: ผีโครตๆ
English title: The ghost father
Rating: 4/5
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Thai movie ผีโครตๆ / The ghost father was released in year 2014 and lasts 1h45mn. A painter and his pregnant wife are staying in a Buddhist temple as the husband has to decorate the main chapel for one month. They are not rich, so they cannot afford to rent a house inside the city. The abbot proposes to them to stay in an abandoned traditional house behind the temple. The house needs serious cleaning. Jong, a strange old temple boy (เด็กวัด) living in the temple, guides them. The house is located above an old cemetery (ป่าช้าเก่า) so an old aunt warns them. At night time, they hear strange noise. Meanwhile a young adult is trying to escape police as he stole a rare Buddha statue having a value of 2M Baht. While fleeing the police, he reaches the old house and hides it in a jar. He is then arrested by the Thai Police. He concludes a deal with the corrupted head of police to share the resale value 70%-30%. They go back to the house to get the statue. Meanwhile the husband has found the Buddha statue. As the police enters in the house, the husband and wife have to hide. Finally, there is no ghost in the house… but concurrent unfortunate events between the corrupted policemen looking for the Buddha statue and some illegal gamblers looking to get back the money they had to hide in the old house while fleeing the police...
Some Comedy Thai movies (หนังตลก) are targeted for young audience.
Year: 1977
Thai title: เพื่อนรัก
English title:
Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Sombat Methanee
Main actress: Tasawan Saneewong
It narrates the pure friendship story between two young boys and one young girl. They flee to Bangkok in order to try to find one of the boy's mother. During their journey, they discover the adult world, suffering, separation and death.
Year: 1983
Thai title: แก๊งไอติม
English title: Gang Ice-cream
Rating: 3/5
Director: ปกรณ์ พรหมพิทักษ์
Main actor: Joomjim Khemlek,Thuam Thoranong,Pipop Pupinyo
Main actress: Marasri Bangchang
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Thai movie แก๊งไอติม was released in year 1983 and lasts 1h38mn. It was released under VCD format by Solar company. Multiple songs are featured. Movie director is ปกรณ์ พรหมพิทักษ์. It is school time for children. Joomjim Khemlek is managing a few poor kids selling ice cream for him. Thip (อรพรรณ พานทอง), as teacher, is teaching slum children. Her mother Bangransi (Marasri Bangchang) believes it is useless. She would like her daughter to teach in rich schools. Poor kids are influenced by their parent’s behavior such as illegal betting (การพนัน). The kids need to earn money to help their parents. Some kids have no more parents. An older teacher is also upset by their influence on other children. Thanks to gambling (หาเงินไม่ถูกต้อง), the kid Dam is able to fulfil his dream, i.e buy a bicycle. Thuam Thoranong, as headmaster (ครูใหญ่), is quite open minded thanks to Thip but an older lady teacher forbids some kids to sell ice cream in school as it causes children to spend all their pocket money. The poor children try to sell somewhere else, but it is not successful as competition is hard. Teacher Thip decides to help them and to buy their ice cream to support them but they refuse as teacher Thip is always nice (ใจดี) to them and trying to teach to behave properly. As teacher Thip is smart, she finds ways for them to succeed in their small business. Elder ice cream seller Chat (ทนงศักดิ์ ศุภการ) is secretly fond of teacher Thip. Teacher Thip proposes a special program to teach those kids out of scolarisation. The headmaster accepts. Thip mixes the children so they know each other better (ต้องรักกัน). Friendship occurs when Dam helps one of the children about to drown. The poor kids are not able to sell ice cream anymore as a Jumbo shop opens near the school. Thip’s mother finds a new position of teacher for her daughter. The Jumbo owner refuses to join force with the slum children as he is not willing to share benefits (รวมหุน). Joomjim hires Pipop (Pipop Pupinyo) as hitman. Pipop kidnaps the ice cream shop owner’s daughter and becomes uncontrollable. Chat is the one to help (ทำดี ได้ดี). Finally, all kids get a job in Jumbo shop and also some shares. Thip is back to celebrate their achievement.
Year: 2001
Thai title: 9 พระคุ้มครอง
English title: Where is Tong ?
Rating: 3/5
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Five children are always teasing an old lady living alone. One day, the old lady saves the life of one girl but is badly hurt by a train. The 5 children decide to go alone to Bangkok to find her unique child. During their journey, they discover the adult world. Their unique protection is a Buddha amulet.
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
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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: 2011
Thai title: ปัญญาเรณู
English title: Panya Raenu
Rating: 5/5
Director: Bin Banleurit
Main actor: Kowit Wattanakul,Mum Jokmok,Bin Banleurit
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Panya (ปัญญา), young boy, and Raenu (เรณู), young girl, are school children in an Isan village. While studying, they have issues with another student who is cheating during exams. Raenu is protecting Panya against this student! It looks like Panya and Raenu will marry together when they will be adults. This movie nicely depicts Isan village life (วัฒนธรรมอีสาน). Panya steals fish in a neighbour rice field but gets punished by catching a disagreeable worm. The teachers are preparing school performances with molam music. Panya is the school molam singer. But they are not doing well due to lack of dancers and equipment. Panya secretly promises to ordain if his school wins. The bus of a Bangkokian school is damaged near the village. They have to stay overnight in the village school. Bangkok girls (เด็กกรุงเทพฯ) have difficulties to get used to Isan food. There is a contrast between Isan boys with dark skin versus Bangkok girls with white skin. They discover Isan village life (วีถีชีวิตของชาวอีสาน) and help on some tasks such as planting rice, bugs, snakes and lizards catching. As a puppy love starts between Panya and a Bangkok girl called Miu, Raenu is very upset with Panya (คนหลายใจ). Five husbands die the same night in the village. A Shaman (แม่หมอ) is called to understand what is going on. The shaman claims a ghost is around (ผีแม่ม่าย) so all men have to wear women clothes a few days in order to fool the ghost. Raenu claims to be possessed also in order to ask Panya to love Raenu only. Ghost belief is still strongly present in Isan. The school needs to find 100 000 baht to buy music instrument to be able to join the village Molam competition. Panya dreams to be a singer. Even the Buddhist abbot doesn't have such amount of money. Hopefully a layman donates 300 000 baht to the temple so the abbot can help the school. Monks are very close to the community. The village can then participate to the contest. Miu helps to bring a Bangkok teacher to help the students to dance properly. Panya's Bangkok friends even promise to join. There is then great molam performances with dozens of dancers and very entertaining songs at the contest (วงมอลำ). Thanks to late arrival of the Bangkok friends on a tractor, Panya's team wins. Even the member of Parliament (ส.ส.) dances! After the victory, some robbers enter in his parents' home. Panya gets shot and ends up at the hospital. Panya is finally saved as he is ordained by the abbot at the last minute. The power of faith in Buddha saves him as he could fulfil his earlier promise. This movie got 13M bath revenue in 2011. A version 2 (ภาค2) was released in 2012. Lao / Isan language is used with Thai subtitles. This movie reminds of “Mon rak luk thung” (มนต์รักลูกทุ่ง) and “Luuk Isan” (ลูกอีสาน). This movie is a great homage to Isan region and features a few famous Isan actors such as comic Mum Jokmok.
Some Comedy Thai movies (หนังตลก) are mixing fun and action.
Year: 1977
Thai title: ไอ้คุณเฉิ่ม
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Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Sorapong Chatree,Krung Srivilai,Lor Tok,Rith Luecha,Kanchit Kwanpracha,Sayan Chantaraviboon,Sawin Sawangrat,Boo Wibunnan
Main actress: Naowarat Yooktanun,Mayura Thanabutr,Tharika Thidathip,Chosri Misommon
Three beggars are friends and helping each other. One is polishing shoes, one is singing, one is simulating being a blind man in order to be able to sell lottery tickets. One of them has opportunity to work for a businessman and starts a romance with the businessman's daughter. Another one is courting another businessman's daughter. A local mafia gang is kidnapping the two businessmen. Police promises to help but the local police head is part of the mafia gang. The three beggards will manage to release the two businessmen.
Year: 1980
Thai title: เจมส์แบน 007
English title: James Band
Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Lor Tok,Thep Thienchai,Pipop Pupinyo
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A Thai man working for the government is killed while sitting on a rickshaw. Before dying he asks the rickshaw's driver to continue his secret mission. Many funny situations happen as the rickshaw's driver is not used to act like a Thai James Bond... Lor Tok and Thep Thienchai were two famous Thai comic actors. The full title is เจมส์แบน 007 น้ำพริกไทยเนื้อแท้ (James Band 007 the real Thai pepper).
Year: 1984
Thai title: กองพันทหารเกณฑ์
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Rating: 4/5
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Main actor: Lor Tok,Rith Luecha,Note Chernyim,Der Doksadao,Sawin Sawangrat
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Thai movie กองพันทหารเกณฑ์ was released in year 1984. It was released under VCD format by Rose company and lasts 1h36mn. The original movie is certainly longer than that as some missing sequences can be seen in the damaged 35mm film. The movie features singer ปัญญา นิรันดร์กุล, Note Chernyim, Lor Tok, Der Doksadao, Rith Luecha, Sawin Sawangrat, วรายุฑ มิลินทจินดา, อำนวย ศิริจันทร์, ชลิดา เสาวดี as main actors and actresses. ชลิดา เสาวดี was only 17 years old when playing in this movie. Movie director is ประยูร วงศ์ชื่น. This popular movie started a trend of Thai military comedy movies. It features a mix of action and comedy. Chatree, a singer, is having his last concert as tomorrow he needs to do military service for two years. Various other characters must join also such as Noo Daeng (Der Doksadao), Note Chernyim, Pan (วรายุฑ มิลินทจินดา playing กะเทย role), Lor Tok as a policeman also sent to military service as he escaped it during many years. Soldiers have duty to protect nation (ป้องกันประเทศชาติ), Buddhism and the King. Rith Luecha is their instructor putting the stress on discipline (ระเบียบวินัย). Head of the training camp is อำนวย ศิริจันทร์. New recruits get bags and need to train. Chatree (ปัญญา นิรันดร์กุล) is enamored with a nurse, named Chatlalai (ชลิดา เสาวดี), but she has a doctor boyfriend already. To calm Chatree down, the doctor gives him a big injection shot. Training with weapons, rifle, grenades occur (ทหารใหม่). As Chatree keeps trying to seduce Chatlalai, the doctor gives him a heavy laxative. The nurse’s father is playing by Sawin Sawangrat. Lor Tok warns Chatree that Sawin is off to the border for a few days. Chatree befriends with an uncle and he doesn't know that the uncle is Chatlalai’s father and military camp big boss! Chatlalai discovers that the doctor is already married so she is very disappointed and ends up at hospital. Chatree keeps visiting her and comforts her. Comic sequence when Note is visiting Pan to tease him but Rith is hiding under the blanket. Thai soldiers also protect citizen as they have issues with ruffians harassing a lady so fighting occurs. Lor Tok proposes that Chatree sings at the Thai Army day (วันกองทัพไทย) to apologize to Sawin. During the Thai Army day, parade and orchestra with Chatree singing are featured. Thai soldiers need to go to Burmese border. Tanks and troop transport vehicles are sent. This movie probably acted as a showroom for Thai army to show its capabilities in 1984. Rith dies during fighting. Having walked on a mine, he wanted his men to avoid being injured. Chatree is back from war, having arm and leg. He claims to be disabled (พิการ) to ensure Chatlalai has pity on this but he is lying. The movie ends up with Chatlalai chasing Chatree to kick him.
Year: 2003
Thai title: แอบคนข้างบ้าน
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Rating: 3/5
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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
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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: 2004
Thai title: แจ๋ว
English title: M.A.I.D. - Mission Almost Impossible Done
Rating: 2/5
Director: Yongyooth Thongkonthun
Main actor: Somchai Sakdikul
Main actress: Pornshita Na Songkhla
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In a secret mission, Prasert - an ex-policeman - uses four maids to investigate some hidden corruption in a casino establishment involving a high-level government official and a businessman. It is a funny, colourful and chaotic movie highlighting the idea of family and friendship. It is promoting regionalism with many different dialects to remind viewers that Thailand consists of people of many different cultures.
Year: 2005
Thai title: เสือภูเขา
English title: In the name of the tiger
Rating: 2/5
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Main actor: Krung Srivilai,Ekapan Banleurit,Note Chernyim,Somchai Sakdikul,Bin Banleurit,Chusak Aiemsuk
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Two groups, led by Hua Jayae and Thao Lai Kan, are worshipping a tiger rock deity. They fight against each other for the control of the village. A volcano eruption happens. A mysterious man then appears on the rock. He is a great fighter. His name is Phi Seua. There is a belief that he is the one depicted on old drawings inside a local cave. The deity guardian mentions that Phi Seua is coming here to help Hua Jayae. In fact, Phi Seua accepts gold from both parties. Phi Seua meets Mai Tho, young lady, who is part of a Padaung giraffe women village. As she is assaulted by Thao Lai Kan's ruffians, Phi Seua helps her. As he protects the Padaung village, he is now hunted by the two groups. Phi Seua then faces various criminals, i.e. the hell twins (แฝดนรก) played by the real Banleurit twins, seven brothers with a face similar to famous actor Sangthong Sreesai (สังข์ทอง สีใส), a big and fat ruffian commanding a Godzilla monster. Phi Seua then becomes the Padaung villager's trainer. Phi Seua leaves the Padaung giraffe women village, which is then attacked. Mai Tho is kidnaped so Phi Seua has to come back to help and defeat the bad guys. This movie is similar to a Manga story. It mixes comedy and action. It has many references to famous movies such as Lord of the rings, the return of the Jedi, western spaghetti, the Magnificent Seven. It includes many famous comic actors from decade 2000s.
Year: 2006
Thai title: พระ เสือ เด็ก ไก่ วอก
English title: The Magnificent Five
Rating: 3/5
Director: Bandit Ritthakol
Main actor: Jesdaporn Pholdee,Charoenporn Awnlamai,Note Chernyim,Somchai Sakdikul
Main actress: Paula Taylor
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One hundred years ago two robbers (a young lady and a comic character), a false doctor and a former monk flee the police. A foreigner (ฝรั่ง) in collusion with a corrupted village head takes away the farmers' children to use them as slaves. To get back their children they need to pay a big amount of money. Farmers have heard of a local Robin Hood called Seua (เสือ). They try to contact him but meet the above quatuor but not the real Seua. They go after the kidnapers. They finally meet the real Seua. The Magnificent Five are united. They go together to search for the children but spend more time to argue on the reward sharing. The group reaches their ruffians' camp. They use Trojan horse tactic but it fails and the young lady (Paula Taylor) escapes nearly to serious problems with the camp leader. They need to reach the sea before a boat takes away the children. A fight happens. The foreigner and his ruffians are deafeated so need to flee and sail away. The young lady then decide also to neutralize the camp leader to avoid anymore kidnapping to happen. Charoenporn Awnlamai plays the comic expert in explosives. In many modern Thai movies, foreigners are often the bad guys. In old movies, the bad guys were the Burmese or the communist threat. This movie is a blending of action and comedy. Could this movie be seen as as a criticism of the foreigners stealing the Thai youth?
Year: 2007
Thai title: เท่งโหน่ง คนมาหาเฮีย
English title: Teng and Nong: The Movie
Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Pongsak Pongsuwan,Mum Jokmok,Phairoj Jaising,Chusak Aiemsuk
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Awkard parking valets Nong and Teng are assigned by their gangster boss to deliver a valuable Chinese statuette to another gangster boss. During the journey, they decide to take a side trip and what should have been a simple job turns into a major fiasco with a police chase and many funny jokes.
Year: 2015
Thai title: รด เขาชนผีที่เขาชนไก่
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Rating: 1/5
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Thai movie รด เขาชนผีที่เขาชนไก่ was released in year 2015 and lasts 1h20mn. It is a Phranakorn Film production. It is a ghost teen comedy taking place in an army background. It is a modern teen movie with sexual jokes, burp gags, flatulences, toilets jokes and using modern teen language. It was forbidden under 13 years old. Soldier comedy movies were very popular during 1980s decade, but they were family movies. In this movie, various characters are featured including one always bullied by others, gay characters... A group of young soldiers call for ghost. A dead instructor ghost (Somchai Kemglad) is seen (ผีหลอก). Some ghost appearances are in fact jokes done by some young soldiers, but some are linked to the instructor ghost... The instructor ghost is probably looking for justice. Some parts of the movie remind of the บ้านผีปอบ serie movies where villagers were trying to escape ghosts chasing them. This movie even features Boys band group music. Finally, another ghost is protecting the young soldiers against the instructor ghost (ครู), i.e. Dalai. A young soldier had heart disease and died as instructor Dalai forced him to do too much exercices. Being responsible, instructor Dalai got suicide.
Some Comedy Thai movies (หนังตลก) are dealing about Chinese culture in Thailand. Many Chinese immigrants went to Thailand last century. The integration of 5 million of Chinese immigrants by Thai society was a success due to Thai people tolerance and a similar religious background.
Year: 1978
Thai title: ทายาทป๋องแป๋ง
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Rating: 3/5
Director: Kumtorn Tubkunlai
Main actor: Sombat Methanee
Main actress: Piyamas Monayakol,Metta Roongrat,Tharika Thidathip,Marasri Bangchang
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Following the father death, a Thai family called Thanayu needs to share an heritage (มรดก) between family members. An unexpected heir is found but he is coming from a Chinese lineage as the father had a Chinese mistress. The Thai family is looking for a man called Pong Peng. Pong Peng is upset that his mother was rejected by the Thai family so he decides to tease them. Pong Peng wears old Chinese clothes, speaks with a strong accent and uses bad manners. Pong Peng meets the whole family during a diner, including daughter Oon, brother Rajan and an aunt. The grandfather, believing that Pong Peng is having a harsh life, gives a 15 000 Baht monthly allowance for him to learn Thai properly (พูดไทยไม่ชัด), to wear decent clothes and to prepare his wedding in order to accelerate his integration in Thai society. The grandfather has Oon in mind but she refuses to marry. Oon needs to help Pong Peng to buy modern clothes. A lunch in a Chinese restaurant turns to a disaster. Her dress is full of food. He brings to a motel to clean her dress and gets slapped by Oon for going to such a sleazy place. Rajan, Oon's brother is always playing cards and loses a lot of money to Pongpat, a ruffian. Pongpat is the leader of a bikers group. The aunt's daughter tries to seduce Pong Peng but to no avail. Oon still refuses to marry Pong Peng and flees from home. Her car gets catched by the bikers. Pongpat asks for one million baht ransom. Pong Peng rescues Oon following gun fights with the bikers. The Thai family discovers that Pong Peng is a rich man and a company owner. Oon is upset by Pong Peng's lies. The movie ends happily.
Year: 1979
Thai title: เขยใหม่ปึ๋งปั๋ง
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Rating: 2/5
Director: Kumtorn Tubkunlai
Main actor: Sombat Methanee,Boo Wibunnan
Main actress: Piyamas Monayakol,Runglawan Sripatimakul,Chosri Misommon,Janthana Siriporn
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Kimtom is a young man part of a wealthy Chinese family established in Thailand since a few generations. Wo is a young lady part of a Thai traditional high society family (ผู้ดี). Kimtom and Wo love each other but both families refuse this union. The Chinese family wants a rich bride for Kimtom. The Thai family wants a famous family name to match their rank. The Thai high society family despises Chinese customs (strong accent - พูดไทยไม่ชัด, laugh loudly, No good manners - มารยาท, burping during diner). Kimtom wants to prove that Wo's mother is wrong. Wo's mother is pushing towards the son of a Thai rich family linked to old aristocracy. His name is Samkhan (สำคัญ). Kimtom comes to the diner dressed with Chinese traditional old clothes. As Wo's mother thinks that Chinese food is savorless (รสชืดชืด), she makes a very spicy curry for Kimtom! Kimtom's family makes a 2M Baht donation (บริจาค). Wo's family complains about new rich people (เศรษฐีใหม่) versus old aristocracy (เศรษฐีเก่า). It is Wo turn to go for a diner with the Chinese family. Funny situations happen as she doesn't know how to use chopsticks. Finally both families agree for a wedding but the wedding needs to include Chinese and Thai ceremonies. Kimtom doesn't feel well because Wo's mother doesn't accept him. The movie raises issues regarding multiracial weddings. There should be no border for love. The wife needs to stay in the husband's home according to Chinese customs. But Wo's mother keeps her at her home. Misunderstandings keep happening (ทำประชด). Wo is pregnant. The Chinese family wants a boy first. Then both families fight over the education of the child. Finally as Kimtom helps to prevent a robbery on Wo's mother jewels and they move to their own house, happiness and understanding happen again.
Year: 1980
Thai title: เต้าฮวยไล้เหลี่ยว
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Rating: 3/5
Director: Kumtorn Tubkunlai
Main actor: Sombat Methanee,Lor Tok,Boo Wibunnan,Phirapon Piyawan
Main actress: Piyamas Monayakol,Suphanee Jitthieng
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This movie is a parody of Hong Kong Kung Fu movies that were popular in Thailand during 1970s decade. Thao Huay is a traditional Thai man selling healthy Chinese soups. His family is originating from China. Thao Huay's father gets beaten by some members of the Kung Fu school Snake Boxing (มวยงู) and dies. Aspiring for revenge, Thao Huay looks for a master to learn boxing and become a disciple (ลูกศิษย์). Meanwhile Thao Hua meets a young Thai lady called Waan, who is papaya salad seller (แม่ค้าส้มตำ). He has arguments with her in the local market (ตลาด) regarding a selling site location. Waan learns that her real father is Chinese so she goes to live together in his home with her mother. His Chinese father has already a wife so there are arguments who is the main wife (เมียหลวง) and who is the minor wife (เมียน้อย). The father is having a jewelry (ร้านทอง). Sompong, a rich young coming back from America, tries to seduce Waan but Waan still has a sweet spot for Thao Huay. A robbery is happening at the jewelry. Robbers hide the jewelry inside Thao Huay's palanquin. Thao Huay faces hardships during the training with the master. He learns the monkey dance (รำมวยลิง). This dance skills gets highest efficiency if the fighter is drunk also. Waan is kinadped by Kung Fu school Snake Boxing. Thao Huay is going to rescue her. With the help of his master, the Kung Fu school is defeated. Thao Huay gives back the gold and can marry Waan.
Year: 1981
Thai title: ไอ๊หยา อาตือ
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Rating: 3/5
Director: Kumtorn Tubkunlai
Main actor: Sombat Methanee,Boo Wibunnan
Main actress: Piyamas Monayakol
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An old 700 years old Chinese mummy is displayed in a Thai museum. Despite the numerous police guards, a robbery happens and the original mummy is replaced by a copy. A thief is injured during a shooting with police. The head of police goes to pick up his daughter Chim coming back from England at the airport and realises that her daughter's boyfriend, called Sak, has same face as the thief. Meanwhile the thief, called Kimtheun, dies at the hospital. The head of police wants Sak to replace the dead thief at the hospital so that his thievish colleagues come to free him and so the police will be able to locate the mommy. Sak cannot refuse if he wishes to marry the head of police's daughter! A Chinese descendant and owner of antique shop is the one to order the robbery. A thievish colleague comes to the hospital not to help Sak but no kill him in order that he cannot talk anymore. Sak flees and takes refuge in the colleague's car trunk. He arrives in Chinese Viharnra Sien shrine in Chonburi province. Sak has to act like Kimtheun and discovers that he has one older wife and two children. Sak doesn't speak Chinese very well. Hopefully he can argue that his head injuries cause him to lose memory. There is some light mockery of old Chinese customs in Thailand (boss with numerous concubines and much younger that the main wife, strong accent when speaking Thai, mixing of Chinese and Thai words Atia for father - Ama for mother, eat pork crazily). Next plan is to steal the Democracy Monument's two golden offering bowls in Bangkok. Arguments and comic situations happen when Chim finds Sak with the Chinese wife. Sak claims he is Kimtheun. Chim starts to be suspicious. Kimtheun's youngest brother knows well a Chim's friend so Sak is broken cover when Chim and her friends visit the Chinese shrine. Sak needs to tell the truth to Chim. Sak argues he didn't do anything with Kimtheun's wife as she cut off her husband's manhood before and gave it to ducks as Kimtheun was too unfaithful (Surgeons in Thailand have become experts at re-attaching things). Sak and Chim follow up the antique shop owner up to Baan Beung in his secret cave where he hides the mummy. Being discovered, the boss hides himself inside the mummy armour. Sak and Chim need to replace the false mummy by the real mummy before Chinese authorities find the trick. It would cause the father to lose his job. During the mummy inspection, the mummy becomes alive as the antique owner doesn't want to go to China causing a big fear to everybody. Finally Sak and Chim happily marry. Director Kumtorn Tubkunlai has directed many comedies related to Chinese culture background. It is similar style and gags as the Pink Panther movie.
Year: 2007
Thai title: ตั๊ดสู้ฟุด
English title: Kungfu Tootsy
Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Jaturong Mokjok
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This comedy movie takes place at the beginning of last century. Three Chinese mafia gangs are fighting to be the biggest powerful criminal organization in town and are confronted to new foreign mafia coming and wishing to get their share. Ma Yong Hai is the mafia boss of The Golden Dragon gang. Ma Yong Hai is old and disabled so his son Tao leds the gang. But his son, Tao, is injured and has lost one arm. His brother, Tien, is a "KATOEI" (กะเทย - man dressed like a woman and behaves according to the gender role of a woman) but he shall become the head of the gang and replace Tao. So many funny situations happen as he has to force him-self to be a strong and viril man. He has also to handle a lovely girlfriend! How can The Golden Dragon gang survive with Tien facing hardship from other gangs?
Year: 2007
Thai title: ยังไงก็รัก
English title: 7 Days to leave my wife
Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Somchai Sakdikul
Main actress: Benjawan Artner
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Yong and Ngek are a Thai-Chinese couple in their forties. Yong is married since 7 years to Ngek. Ngek is a traditional woman following Chinese customs. She doesn't do anything to be attractive and always yell at Yong. Yong has a mistress called Pim. Pim is fed up to have to hide their love. Mr Lee, a Hong Kong businessman, asks Pim for marriage. She has seven days to answer. So Pim askes Yong to leave his wife within seven days. If not, she will marry Mr Lee. Yong tries everything to leave his wife but he cannot break his promise to his deceased father to stay with Ngek for his whole life. So he must convince his wife to leave him! A local astrologer helps him with crazy but hilarious ideas. Ngek is desperate enough to run through Bangkok in order to chase away the spirits taking over her husband!
Miscellaneous Comedy Thai movies (หนังตลก). Thai comedy movies are different from western comic movies. Many gags are facile visual gags as comedy have to be funny (สนุก) and not include brainy gags. In Thai comedy movies, many jokes are made of words combinations. It also put people in funny and embarrassing situations such as katoey, monks etc... In older movies up to 1980s but still in some comedy movies, there was always a group "tua talok" (ตัวตลก), i.e. funny comedians who support the leading actor and the "tua kong" (ตัวกง) or villains. Most of the films have a happy ending that follow up Thai morality as children watch comedy movies.
Year: 2006
Thai title: แสบสนิท ศิษย์ส่ายหน้า
English title: Noodle boxer
Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Akom Preedakul,Jaturong Mokjok,Koeti Aramboy
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Thai movie แสบสนิท ศิษย์ส่ายหน้า (Noodle boxer) was released in year 2006. It lasts 1h36mn. A young man called Sanit is cooking in a noodle soup shop. He likes Thai boxing as his father was a former boxer (นักมวย). He is not able to fight properly. Akom Preedakul, Song (Koeti Aramboy) and Phi Saem (Jaturong Mokjok) are his friends and always coming for free soup. Akom recommends him to get some tattoos (ศักดิ์). Sanit loves secretly a young girl called Suey. Another real Thai boxer is also interested in Suey. Suey goes to see a doctor for eyes problems and is accompanied by Sanit. Suey's father complains Sanit is too weak (ขี้แพ้). Akom brings Sanit to a haunted house where a Thai boxer resided in order to get inspired. Sanit's friends encourage him to join Thai boxing contests to earn respect from Suey's father but he keeps losing. Suey is becoming blind. Sanit tries amulets (ของดี). Finally Saem, former champion, takes care of his training (ไม่ยอมแพ้). This time, Suey is really sick. His father needs to find 500 000 baht to cure her. Sanit, known as a looser, accepts to play a match for gaining that amount of money. His opponent is the other Thai boxing champion fond of Suey. Despite strong resistance and dreams of victory, Sanit is defeated again. Suey is cured as the Thai boxing champion gives the 500 000 baht having compassion for Sanit and Suey.
Year: 2007
Thai title: เมล์นรกหมวยยกล้อ
English title: Bus Lane
Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Kiet Kijcharouen,Thep Po-ngam,Udom Taepanich
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The comedy Bus Lane was a big success with 85 million baht in ticket sales. The story takes place on a Songkran festival afternoon. A Bangkok bus is piloted by an irritable driver, who is seconded by an abusive ticket collector. The assortment of passengers is a collection of characters often seen aboard Bangkok buses. When the driver, upset by some water-throwers, skips a stop, a passenger raises a tumult. The man finally pulls out a gun and forces the driver to keep driving further away from Bangkok. Funny and lively interaction then happens between passengers. The movie examines human virtues and selfishness in the face of situational crisis.
Year: 2007
Thai title: เหยินเป๋เหล่เซมากูเต
English title: The Three Cripples
Rating: 1/5
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A group of Thai people include three cripples. Yot has bad teeth, Leh is cross eyed and Suey has a crippled leg. A policeman loves Suey and is ready to everything to ask for her hand. Suey is working in a market. When they see the fee (ค่าเช่า) required by the mafia to all market stalls, they wish to enter a local mafia gang to become rich. They are accepted and have to kidnap a teen but they mistake with the son of another mafia boss. To escape the boss fury, they have to hide in a Karaoke and then take refuge in a Chinese shrine. The mafia kid doesn't want to come back with his father. They finally end up in a haunted house. The movie ends up with good feelings (wedding, father and son reunited...). It is a typical comic movie of decade 2000 including many verbal and visual jokes. It is similar to a TV comic show with a drum beat for each gag. Such comedy can sell well but only at the local Thai market due to indigenous gags. There is still a market in Thailand for such simple but entertaining comedy. This movie is an low average production with a loose script and a collage of gags.
Year: 2007
Thai title: ก่อนบ่ายเดอะมูฟวี่
English title: Kon Bai The Movie
Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Mum Jokmok,Note Chernyim
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Annie, a young Bangkokian woman, is coming with four friends to help for the development of an Akha mountain village (คนดอย) in North of Thailand. Villagers doesn't speak well Thai (พูดไทยไม่ชัด) and call Annie "Khun dok mai" (คุนดอกไม้). Tit Po, mountain villager, is fond of Annee. Some ruffians capture a few villagers as they wish to build a resort and chase villagers. As a typical cliche, the boss is massaged by two bimbos. Thanks to cooperation between Annie and the villagers, the prisoners escape successfully. Annie is back to Bangkok as her father is sick. Tit Po with the help of three villagers decide to look for her in Bangkok. There are typical gags about countryside people discovering Bangkok for the first time. They stealing a fire truck to chase after Annie but are followed by the police. They are rescued by a kathoey (กะเทย) prostitute and need to resolve to pickpocketing to have money. They succeed to find a job in a Chinese restaurant. One customer is Mum Jokmok having issues with his wife while dining with his mistress. This movie includes all the major Thai comic actors that can be seen in 2000s decade movies (actor Mum Jokmok, actor Sang Tong See Sai - สังข์ทอง สีใส - famous for his ugly face, actress Duang Ta having biased eyes, actor Arn Terdterng - อ่าง เทิดเทิง - with his famous stammering speaking, actor Note Chernyim โน้ต เชิญยิ้ม, actor Somchai Sakdikul - สมชาย ศักดิกุล ...). There is a succession of comic sketches while they are looking for Annie. Tit Po discovers that Annie has a fiance already. The fiance doesn't love Anee and just uses her (งานแต่ง and then งานศพ). They decide to interrupt the wedding party and saves her from the bad fiance, who wants to hurt Annee following an old conflict revenge between their fathers. They finally all return to the Northern mountains.
Year: 2009
Thai title: โหดหน้าเหี่ยว 966
English title: hodenhahaew
Rating: 2/5
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Main actor: Jaturong Mokjok
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This comedy movie is about a former mafia boss, called Song, going out of jail and looking for revenge on one of his teammate, called Tai, who married the woman that Song loved twenty years ago. This woman is dead already and a daughter, called Thip, is born from this marriage. She is now a young girl being part of a music group and has problems with her father. The mafia boss and two of his acolytes are chasing Tai. This chase involves many characters including a monk, who lost his way to his temple, Mongkhon, a former Song's teammate, Piek, a local gangster and friend of Tai, and Oe, Thip's boyfriend. Many funny situations happen. Finally it is known that Thip is in fact the daughter of the former mafia boss Song. Thip's mother didn't want her daughter to be raised inside a gambling den. Knowing the true, Song forgets any idea of revenge and goes back to jail.
Year: 2009
Thai title: ฟ้าใสใจชื่นบาน
English title: Blue Sky of Love
Rating: 2/5
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Main actor: Phairoj Sangwaribut,Akom Preedakul,Somchai Sakdikul
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In October 1976 a young woman Sai wishes to support the popular movement against the Thai military dictature. But her mother is against this choice. A young man called Kong helps to push her in her mother's car so that she can be safe. A few months later, a group of friends including Kong visits a country park in Northern Thailand. They are not aware that many students have fled the army repression to take refuge inside forests. They take a wrong bus. It is full of new CPT members (Communist Party of Thailand). They are taken as new recruits. Sai is part of the trainers team. This movie is based on historical facts. Many students used to urban life had difficulties adopting to the harsh realities of guerrilla struggle. Strong rules are put in place. They have to perform public work for the community. They want to escape as life is too harsh in the camp. Heavy jokes regarding food, camp doctor and the jungle life take place. They miss Bangkok booze. They volunteer to go inside the jungle to reach a village in order to get food as they ravaged the CPT rice fields by confusing rice plants and weeds. They meet government soldiers in the village so they have to flee. The team leader cowardly drops Sai but Kong helps her. They finally get captured. The military captain, who is Kong's father, releases them. Kong and Sai are then alone in the jungle. There is a mix of comedy and romance through beautiful natural landscapes (waterfalls, mountains in the mist, sunset on top of mountain). The CPT camp is finally attacked by Thai army and destroyed. All friends and Sai flee. Sai is shot in the back by her former team leader and dies in Kong's arms. This movie mixes some historical settings, comedy, romance and drama but the blending is not that successful. Regarding viewers willing to know more about this dark period of Thai history, The Moon Hunter (14 ตุลา) is a great movie to watch.
Year: 2009
Thai title: สาระแนห้าวเป้ง
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Rating: 1/5
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Main actor: Koeti Aramboy,Mum Jokmok
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Thai movie สาระแนห้าวเป้ง was released in year 2009 and lasts 1h41mn. The three Thai comedy actors, Willie, Ple, and Hoi from popular prank show "Saranae," brought their TV show program on the golden screen. This show was very popular on TV, so the movie was also a big commercial success. It made 92M THB. A comic group hires two junior comics and perform pranks on them by using hidden camera. During 120 days, the two junior comics have to perform pranks on famous people such as comic actor Koeti Aramboy, Korean K-pop girl band called Baby Walk, Carabao Ed and comic actor Mum Jomok. They meet Mum Jomok for a movie proposal. Mum Jomok orders food without paying the bill. The three Thai comedy actors have to run away. Mum Jomok finally accepts to join their movie but is in bad mood during the shooting. A sequence with taxi driving like crazy makes Mum Jomok very upset. They try to excuse themselves with Mum Jomok. Mum Jomok complained about Saranae team but finally accepted their excuses. Maybe it was just to make a commercial buzz before the release of the movie. Finally, pranks are even performed on the two junior comics also!
Year: 2010
Thai title: โป๊ะแตก
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Rating: 1/5
Director: Mum Jokmok
Main actor: Mum Jokmok,Pongsak Pongsuwan,Akom Preedakul,Thep Po-ngam,Chusak Aiemsuk
Main actress: Tukkie
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This movie is a comedy that explores the lives in front and behind the camera of Thai's film industry. Mum Jokmok has invited all the comic actors from decade 2000s such as Tukkie, Pongsak Pongsuwan, Akom Preedakul, Thep Po-ngam... Certainly not a 100 millions baht movie, which is the new mark for box-office hit for decade 2000s movies. Thep Po-ngam is Mum Jokmok's mentor. In 2009, the Court of Justice of Thailand affirmed Thep Po-ngam bankrupt so there is self irony when he visits Mum Jokmok to produce a movie. He finally only gets a role as actor. Mum Jokmok is responsible of a company making movies. Same as comic TV programs, there is a funny noise at each gag. Mum Jokmok is the director (ผู้กำกับ) and faces many comic issues to have the movie shot. It includes the ceremony (งานเลี้ยงปิดกลอง) for the blessing of a new movie. Various comic sequences happing during shooting and behind the stage. This movies looks like more a succession of sketchs linked with a Thai movie shooting background. It looks like more a TV comic program put on a movie stage. There is no real story.
Year: 2010
Thai title: ตุ๊กกี้ เจ้าหญิงขายกบ
English title: Tukky
Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Akom Preedakul,Pongsak Pongsuwan
Main actress: Tukkie
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Tukky is selling frogs on a market and has always arguments with other vendors (แม่ค้า) or the local mafia asking for their monthly extorsion fee. Tukky is always kissing her frogs and is hoping that one day, one frog will become a prince. One day a prince really comes and Tukky gets kidnapped. She wakes up dressed like a princess. She is now the princess (เจ้าหญิง) of a small kingdom called Padangrawee. She takes revenge on the market mafia and other market vendors who oppressed her before. Finally Tukky is not the real princess of the kingdom but she is used as a replacement due to political reasons. She needs to do her best (ตั้งใจให้เป็นเจ้าหญิงดีที่สุด) to act as a princess. She needs to take urgent lessons to increase her skills. Those lessons include horse riding, wine tasting, society dances. The crazy teachers are famous comic actors Akom Preedakul, Pongsak Pongsuwan who are giving a very good performance as usual. Tukky is also relooked. She is finally successfully presented to the press. She gets her motivation through her love to her main bodyguard (หมวกบังตาแต่ความรักไม่บังหัวใจ). Her presence causes the ire of a mysterious lobbying group sending a ninja to get rid of her. During a diner with the prime minister, she gets drunk and defeats the ninja thanks to flatulence and vomit. Flatulence and vomit don't have the same taboo as westerner movies. She is thinking to stop playing the princess as the risks are very high but she is the hope (ความหวัง) of the kingdom so she cannot stop. The real princess is finally uncovered. Both the real princess and Tukky are kidnapped. Finally thanks to the bodyguards, they are released and the ruffians are defeated. There is great fun during the first part of the movie but the second part is more conventional.
Year: 2010
Thai title: 3 ย่าน
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Rating: 3/5
Director: Yuthlert Sippapak,Ping Lumpraploeng,Jaroenporn Onlama,Koeti Aramboy
Main actor: Akom Preedakul
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This movie contains three short stories shot by different Thai directors. First story is directed by Yuthlert Sippapak. A pregnant young lady dies in a coach while trying to give birth. The bus company owner decides to hide the death. The body is hidden inside a big Moo Yo (หมูยอ) or local sausage. Funny characters include a bus driver, a middle age bus company owner who speaks unclearly Thai and a sexy bus hostess. The pregnant woman, who dies during pregnancy, becomes a fearful ghost (ผีตายโหงทองกลม). The ghost starts to appear in the bus. More problems arise when a policeman is joining the bus trip. How can they rid of the ghost without catch the policeman's attention? Finally the troubles are over when the sausage is grilled... Second story is directed by Ping Lumpraploeng. Maan is selling car assurance. He is married to a lady called Pancake. He has no respect for her and even has a mistress. He believes Pancake has a lover (มีกิ๊ก) and engages a hitman (มือปืน) to get rid of her. As he mixes her identity papers with his own papers, the hitman needs to kill him! The hitman is in fact his best friend (เพื่อนใช่ไหม). Will his friend reminds friendship or execute his hitman job? Last story is directed by Jaroenporn Onlama. It is about a film director, played by Koeti Aramboy, who discovers that his girlfriend Peui, leading actress, is pregnant with the leading actor. She drinks a medicine to kill the baby as he is not ready to be a father privileged his career (ยังไม่พร้อม).
Year: 2010
Thai title: ผู้ชายลัลล้า
English title: Lunla Man
Rating: 1/5
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Main actor: Akom Preedakul,Note Chernyim,Shahkrit Yamnarm,Mum Jokmok,Jaturong Mokjok
Main actress: Passorn Boonyakiat
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It is a comedy about three men unfaithful to their wives. They always need to find excuses for their wives as they are coming back home late. Up to now their lies succeeded to convince their wives. Teng (actor Shahkrit Yamnarm) needs to find a new model. He finds a beautiful woman in a mall and takes pictures of her but forget to ask her contact references. Teng finally meets her in a bar. Her name is Sosi. Teng is expert to play the liar (สบายๆ) but Sosi is also lying. Her husband is called Sia. Finally Teng's two friends are uncovered by their wives as their lies were getting bigger and bigger (working late - OT, late meetings, fight against ruffians...). Proofs were stored in their blackBerry smartphones. To make him stop, one of the wife sings in a pub he often frequents and she accepts tips from customers (ทำประชด). Teng has a lovely wife called Bow but a love story is really starting between Sosi and Teng. Finally the male stratagems are discovered. They have to stay home and bring their wives to a holidays resort. But they cannot stop trying seducing other women. They use sedative drugs to make their wives fall asleep (ยานอนหลับ). The drugs don’t last enough and the three men are caught being with girls again by their wives. A final last chance is given. Sia is upset by Sosi’s behavior and wishes to punish her. Sosi’s brother calls Teng for help but Teng has promised to his wife to stop seeing Sosi. Teng and his friends try to rescue Sosi but are captured. Their wives, following them, are also captured. Sia forces them to play silly and humiliating games (mud game, paint game...) to save their husbands. Mum Jokmok, as a guest star apparition, makes them all released. Bow and Teng reconcile once again. But the three men cannot stop flirting (หลายใจ) when seeing beautiful women. Morality is kept as the husbands stays with their wife. There is a few comic guest stars apparition, i.e. Akom Preedakul, Note Chernyim, Mum Jokmok, Jaturong Mokjok. Former Miss Photogenic International Passorn Boonyakiat is playing one of the wives. There is a succession of gags similar to Thai TV comedy shows. This movie is about the old chauvinist Thai tradition to have minor wives (เมียน้อย). Gags are often over exaggerated with easy references such as the shy timid wife wearing glasses.
Year: 2010
Thai title: ยายสั่งมาใหญ่
English title: I Am Grandmother
Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Mum Jokmok,Jaturong Mokjok,Akom Preedakul
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ยายสั่งมาใหญ่ is a Thai movie released in year 2010. Chai's grandmother has gambling debts, i.e. 560 000 bath. Chai has to find solutions as the mafia is looking to get back their money. Chai identifies thanks to an old picture that Khuat (Jaturong Mokjok), a serious gambler, is his brother. Khuat is always involved in casino games (การพนัน). Khuat loves secretly Nong Muay. If he wins lottery, Khuat promises to do good deeds (ทำบุญ). Chai has supernatural skills since he falls in the river while being a novice. He can transform small items or make wishes to happen. Chai wishes Khuat to help to find money for his grandmother but he is more obsessed by Nong Muay. Khuat uses Chai to win while playing card games. Nong Muay is also indebted of 200 000 bath. Khuat pays it but the casino owner Sia asks for interest also! Khuat has promised to stop playing cards. Both Chai and Khuat are recruited as guards as they helped Mr Mongkol who had issues with casino owner Sia. His daughter called Lin is a bit plum and is keen of Chai. As Mongkol is always losing card games against Sia, he hires a champion from Hong Kong. A final game between Mongkol and the casino owner Sia shall happen and involves their whole fortune. As the Hong Kong champion has a deadly accident, Khuat needs to replace him. The daughter Lin and Nong Muay are kidnapped by the casino owner Sia. They succeed to escape. Finally Sia is defeated despite using a medium to change the cards and is losing all his fortune. The grandmother gambling debts were fake. It was a game in order to be reunited as a family with Khuat and Chai. Moralist end as all the money gains are given to charity.
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