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Also Directed by Cherd Songsri
Film by Cherd Songsri.
An older Nopporn looks at a simple painting and recollects the story behind it. As a young student in Japan, he once met and fell in love with Keerati, who was unhappily married to an older man, on the couple's honeymoon. He swore eternal love to her, yet she cautions him against it because she is much older than he is. Before the lovers part, Keerati gave him a painting of one of the places they visited together in Japan. The two continued to exchange letters after Keerati returns to Thailand. After a while, Nopporn slowly ceased his communication until Keerati falls fatally ill. Nopporn rushes to her death bed but was unable to help his true love. As Keerati awaited death, she was overjoyed that she would not die without her lover by her side.
The true story of Muen, a Thai woman living in the 1800s under the rule of King Mongkut. At that time, women had no rights. Wives and daughters were bought and sold as if they were cattle. Muen is regarded as being the first Thai woman to stand up for women's rights.
an Asian anthology: Mirage, Aliwan Paradise, The Tree Of Life, and The Tokyo Game.
The story of two Thai peasants in a tragic romantic relationship, THE SCAR gained international recognition at the 1981 Nantes Three Continents Festival, where it won the Golden Montgolfiere, sharing it with They Don't Wear Black Tie by Brazilian director Leon Hirszman. It was also voted as one of the world's 360 classic movies by the Museum of the Moving Image in London, Sight & Sound magazine and film directors and critics worldwide in 1998.
In 1765, at the end of the Ayutthaya period, at a village in Suphan Buri. The villagers live in peace. Despite the news of the war from Angwa, they thought that the Burmese army is not convenient for marching and make a war in flood season. With Unawareness of the Thai people, the Burmese army was able to easily invade Suphan Buri. The moon survives by disguising himself as a man, while many village women have been raped by the Burmese army. Duangjan's friend is dragged to Mangratho (Suthat Intranupakorn), a right-wing commander, but is saved by Mangrai (Pairoj Sangwaributr), a left-wing commander who is the son of Mang Mahasuranat (S. Asan Chinda), the general who commanded the army this time. Mangratho fights with Mangrai and is defeated, therefore he have a great malice toward Mangrai.
