Krung Srivilai
The intricacies of high society Thailand and all the mystery and nuance that follows the grinding life of the Khun Chai.
On a high mountain, there's a town where a sculpture of a tiger's head is located in a holy shrine. Local people go there to worship the idol and count on. The center of the town is ruled by Jayae and Laikhan, two leaders from two rival local tribes. While the two tribes are fighting for control of the town, the mountain suddenly collapses. In the ensuing chaos, a mysterious man appears from the town's wreckage. The Shrine Watcher lies to everyone and says that the man who emerged from the wreckage is the man that Jayae had prayed would be sent by the tiger god. The man, Loatong, receives gold and trust from the town's leaders. When he decides to help a girl from another tribe, Loatong becomes a target of both tribes.
This folk-music movie is a remake of one of the most famous Thai movie (มนต์รักลูกทุ่ง) shot in 1970. It features 14 folk songs or "LUUK THUNG" songs. It is about a love story between a poor peasant, Klao, and a young woman, Thong Kwao, coming from a rich family. Thong Kwao's parents are worried about the family assets if their daughter marries a poor man so they send her to Bangkok so that she can be far away from Klao. Thong Kwao's parents refuse Klao's proposal for marriage and request an expensive dowry (ค่าสินสอด), i.e. 100 000 Baht. Various misunderstandings happen between Klao and Thong Kwao but love will win.
A handsome young man from Bangkok is sent to an upcountry town to try and stamp out corruption. He falls in love with the local beauty, the eldest of three sisters. However, the course of true love never runs smoothly, and the couple have many obstacles to overcome. Not least is the girl's shotgun toting, over-protective father who demands a dowry of one hundred million baht.
In Thailand's ancient capital, Ayutthaya, a grand heist is executed to perfection. The gang gets away clean, but everything turns sour when they meet up to split the money. Lamai, the brains behind the heist, has double-crossed the leader of the gang, Kao, and tipped off the police. Kao escapes the police ambush with the other gang members. To Lamai's surprise, he discovers that the money has already been switched! But how? Who pulled the switch? The conspirators all suspect each other.
Payu is a humble countryside singer, but when he goes to Bangkok, he gets the chance to become a famous Luktung superstar. However, the glamorous life isn't quite what he expected and perhaps the life upcountry wasn't so bad after all.
In exchange for a big sum of money, four Thai guys went to Africa to investigate a region where mysterious murders are occurring. Armed with carbines and just enough courage, they try to put some light on these inexplicable events. However, things get more complicated than expected when their travel bus has some mechanical problems, giving them no other choice but to go all the way by foot and that decision is a bad one as they meet up with cannibals.
One will know the value of what he has when he lost it. The same as Deaw, a desperate 25 years of age young man, who is weak and gives up to the obstruction and trouble. In the second he decides to commit suicide, miracle happens and teaches him to learn about the human value. His life changes because of two girls, Aor and Pan.
Yod is a guy from Northeastern Thailand who works as a taxi driver to support his family. His wife used to be a famous singer in a café. Almost everybody in Yod's life have a combination to the number 24-36-24 (an address, mobile number, measurements, etc.) One day, Yod is forced to accept a lottery ticket in lieu of taxi fare, which ends up being a super winning ticket! Immediately, everybody around him begins to change as they try to convince Yod to cash in the money. Eventually things get more and more violent, and Yod realizes none of them really care about him....It's all about the money....He runs away to Northern Thailand to think of what to do...
Set in a future Bangkok, the story picks-up after a hit-gone-wrong on "Iron Cop", the area police chief. The would-be killer "Pae", together with his equally inept collection of thugs, now become wanted men themselves as the Thai underworld bristles with the shame & dishonor of such an ignoble bungling.
During the 16th century, as Thailand contends with both a civil war and Burmese invasion, a beautiful princess rises up to help protect the glory of the Kingdom of Ayothaya. Based on the life of Queen Suriyothai.
The story of Anda, a young man who love the sea, he likes diving and collecting things. Anda always dreamed that Someday will meet with the dream woman. Then one day like a fate, giving pure love to happen When Anda helped Fahsai which is going to drown. He saved her life. And that is like the first kiss of the couple that produces a special feeling in the heart of Anda and Fahsai.
After the fall of Saigon, a stranded group of US soldiers tries to make it through Cambodia to safety in Thailand. While taking refuge in an ancient abandoned temple, the men find a gold statue worth millions of dollars.
A rare Filmark production. This uses over an hour of new footage from the 1983 Thai action film เสือภูพาน ("Tiger Phu Phan") starring Sorapong Chatree and mixes that with some newly shot Hong Kong footage.
A lucrative emerald mine and the various protagonists who are struggling to wrest control of it for their own profitable ends.
An SOS message is sent out when a plane carrying gold worth $200 million dollars belonging to the free world is brought down somewhere in Thailand, and Robert Ginty is called upon to team up with his old flame Claudia Dubois. Together, they head up a small crack group of six undercover agents who are given the mission to infiltrate enemy lines and recover the gold.
The daughter of a brilliant Thai army colonel, who invented the machine battle Cobra Thunderbolt, takes on the lao-army to rescue his kidnapped father.
A detective's bride and her bridesmaid are raped and killed on the eve of the wedding, and the bodies are left covered in red roses. The detective is drugged and framed for the murders and he must clear his name and find the killers.
Ket (Krung Srivilai) promises to his dying boss to go to Khao Kiaw to find the children he never had time to care for.
Small-town life appeals to home-comer Richard, until he finds out that everything isn't running as smoothly as it seems.
A secret agent from Thailand goes to the United States on a mission to find out why a Mr. Stone died and bring his ashes and fortune, a jeweled elephant, back to his homeland.
A woman is impregnated by an evil spirit but thinks the ex-husband is the father. She gives birth five months later than she should, which is just the beginning of her troubles. A Buddhist monk is eventually called in to help.
Joan, a beautiful blonde American, falls in love with a Thai soldier and dies while giving birth to their child in this spin on the traditional Thai ghost story.
Thai movie 'Luk Yot' (ลูกยอด) was released in year 1971 and features Thai film superstars Krung Srivilai and Petchara Chaowara. It was Krung Srivilai's first movie. Krung was 4 years younger than Petchara so from being the younger sister (น้อง) with Mitr, Petchara becomes the older sister (พี่)! After Mitr Chaibancha’s tragic death in year 1970, the Thai cinema needed new faces, new main actors to replace the void caused by Mitr’s premature death. Only a two minutes trailer is remaining as the movie is lost in Thailand. A full movie summary is still available as some old Thai movie stars magazines can still be found nowadays. Various sequences can be seen during those two late minutes : Sithao Petcharoen paddling a small boat on a river and watching young ladies, shootings. Other actors / actresses include Pisarn Akraseranee, Choomporn Theppitak, Boo Wibunnan, Wassana Chalakorn, Sopha Sataporn, Preuhat Boonlong,Sukon Koewliam. 7 songs are featured in 35mm format.
The bad guy, a stereotypical evil Chinese, smuggles bronze men into Thailand to work in his gold mine. But along the way there's a lot of victims.
