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Prachya Pinkaew
Prachya Pinkaew (1962) - ปรัชญา ปิ่นแก้ว
This Prachya Pinkaew movie page contains 9 records.
Year: 2013
Thai title: ต้มยำกุ้ง 2
English title: The Protector 2
Rating: 3/5
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Main actor: Tony Jaa,Mum Jokmok
Main actress: Yanin Vismistananda
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Kham's (Tony Jaa) elephant is stolen as he refuses to sell it. His elephant is like a brother for him as they have been together since his youth. Kham follows the robbers up to Bangkok. He finds the leader but he has already been killed through a few severe hard punches. His two daughters (including Yanin Vismistananda), believing Kham killed their father, chase him. Kham meets again the Australian policeman (Mum Jokmok) but he lets him go knowing Kham is too nice to kill somebody. The ruffian having stolen the elephant is also an organiser of illegal fights. Through Bangkok, Kham is facing the ruffians through many thrilling fightings (against bikers on rooftop, in a factory, on metro railroad tracks, in a room on fire...). The ruffian leader is in fact working with some generals coming from a small kingdom. Following a rebellion in this Kingdom, a peace truce shall be signed in Phuket, Thailand. An elephant shall be given as a peace symbol. It is in fact Kham's elephant whose tusks have been filled with explosives. Many CGI are used in Tom Yam Koong 2 movie. A huge budget was spent but the box office sales were disappointing. Only 56M baht were reaped in Thailand. Even Tony Jaa didn't join the movie promotion in Thailand as he was already involved in “Fast and Furious” sequel 7. The movie was released in many other countries such as Hong Kong. Panna Rittikrai was also involved. Prachya Pinkaew was the director. It is a 1h44mn movie with non stop action. It took two years to be released.
Year: 2011
Thai title: วอนโดนเตะ
English title: The Kick
Rating: 3/5
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Main actor: Mum Jokmok
Main actress: Yanin Vismistananda
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A Korean couple (อาจารย์ Moon) was participating to Taekwondo events during Olympic games. The wife won her final but the husband failed. Twenty years have passed and they have now three kids. Two of them are now two grown up teenagers, i.e. Tayang and Tae Mi. The father Moon is having a Taekwondo school in Thailand and still trains them to excel in Taekwondo. A mysterious business man from Korea wishes to steal an old Thai blade (สมบัติของชาติ). Tayang sees the robbers and intervenes. The parents are also involved with the robbers’ driver. The blade is taken back but the robbers succeed to flee. Ruffians are looking for revenge and storm the Korean couple’s house. Tayang wishes to be a dancer and not a Taekwondo champion as requested by his father. The father failed to get a gold medal 20 years ago and wishes his son to get one. Uncle Bom (Mum Jokmok) brings the children outside Bangkok as it starts to be dangerous for them. They meet Wawa (Yanin Vismistananda), who is a Thai boxing champion (มวยไทย). Korean Taekwondo is meeting Thai boxing! Tayang flees at nighttime to join the last audition to become a dancer (dream project). While he is away, the campement is attacked. He helps on time but cannot prevent his youngest brother to be kidnapped. To get back his son, the father needs to exchange him with the precious blade to be stolen during an exhibition. Despite getting the blade, the head of the ruffians refuses to honor his promise. Final fights happen in Bangkok zoo. As often in modern Thai martial arts movies, fightings involve elephants. The movie director is Prachya Pinkaew, who directed Ong Bak. Panna Rittikrai is used again as action supervisor. The Kick (วอนโดนเตะ) was released in year 2011.
Year: 2009
Thai title: ปายอินเลิฟ
English title: Pai in love
Rating: 3/5
Director: Thanit Jitnukul,Prachya Pinkaew,Bongkoj Kongmalai
Main actor: Ray McDonald
Main actress: Supaksorn Chaimongkol
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Paris and Venise are well known to be romantic cities. Is Pai going to be the next romantic city? A group of teens come to Pai to shoot a movie. The young director has many original ideas about love stories in Pai and try to include touching moments. The six small stories are mainly based on succinct and brief unexpected encounters which generate love. The six stories are shot by different directors including Thanit Jitnukul, Bongkoj Kongmalai and Prachya Pinkaew. One story is about a young lady, fed up with her life on Bangkok. She notices some unread postcards in neighbour's letter box. She reads them. It is related to a man writing news about his small business in Pai to his old girlfriend. This one is not interested by the postcards anymore so the young lady decides to go to Pai. In another story, it is discovered that Koi, owner of the shop selling the postcards, writes the letter for the young man as he doesn't know how to write romantic letters. Love finally emerges between Koi and the young man. Prachya Pinkaew's short story is about a man waiting along the road and seeing life events near him. He is located at Pai's mileage stone 0 km (ปาย 0 km). Nice moments happen until it is finally discovered that the man is the spirit (เจ้าที่) of the mileage stone! Bongkoj Kongmalai's short story is about a Bangkokian backpacker coming to Pai to relax. He meets a nice girl who has just been dumped. Unfortunately he needs to go back to Bangkok. Another story if about a man, who needs to marry a young woman, living in Pai, only to share a plot of land. Once they divorce they can sell the land to a multinational corporation willing to build an hotel. As love emerges, they don't divorce and keep the land. The unity of the six stories is sometimes discutable.
Year: 2008
Thai title: ช็อคโกแลต
English title: Chocolate
Rating: 3/5
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Main actor: Phongphat Wachirabanjong
Main actress: Yanin Vismistananda
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This movie is done by same director that realized famous movies "Ong Bak" and "Tom Yum Goong", which received international success. The main actor is a young lady who has autist problems. She has half Japanese and half Thai so she is called "Chocolate". Her Japanese father has to go back to Japan many years ago following a conflict with a Thai mafia boss. As her mother is very sick, she has to retrieve money from men who owned money to her mother. They are not willing to pay back so she has to use her incredible Thai boxing skills to convince them... The Thai mafia boss has decided to get rid of them so her Japanase father has to come back in order to confront the Thai mafia for an ultimate revenge.
Year: 2005
Thai title: ต้มยำกุ้ง
English title: Tom Yum Goong
Rating: 3/5
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Main actor: Tony Jaa,Mum Jokmok
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A young man named Kham faces an international mafia syndicate, that captures his two beloved elephants and smuggles them to Sydney. So he has to venture into Australia. He gets help from a Thai police Sergeant based in Australia and Pla, a Thai girl forced into prostitution. They face the gang of Madame Rose, whose staff include a Vietnamese thief and martial arts expert and some hulking bodyguards. The film reigned as the box office's champion when it grossed 200 million baht (second in history after Suriyothai).
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: 1995
Thai title: เกิดอีกที ต้องมีเธอ
English title: Dark side romance
Rating: 4/5
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Main actor:
Main actress: Kullasatree Siripongpreeda
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Thai movie เกิดอีกทีต้องมีเธอ was released in year 1995 and lasts 1h51mn. Thaen feels bad because his girlfriend Bee just died. Thaen travels by bus. A lady called Phiang (Kullasatree Siripongpreeda) seats near him. The bus has an accident on the way to Chiang Mai. Both Thaen and Phiang die in the accident. They decide to continue to Chiang Mai. Humans cannot see them (วิญญาณใหม่). Once a body is cremated, the spirit can pass through objects. Phiang was coming to see her boyfriend Chen but he is now leaving to Bangkok for her funerals. At Chiang Mai train station, they find other spirits. They told them Thaen and Phiang must be back at the place they died in seven days in order to be reincarnated. The spirit needs to be free of any earthly attachment. Some rogue spirits, sicking vitality (พลังชีวิต) from other spirits, chase after them but Thaen and Phiang succeed to escape and take the train to Bangkok. Phiang looks after Chen. Phiang is going to her own funeral. Chen tries to be in contact with Phiang as he feels she is still around. Phiang is able to tell him that she is chased (ถูกตามลา) by other spirits. Chen and Thaen's friend drive a car to bring them back to Chiang Mai. They finally succeed to get back to the accident place despite the rogue spirits harming them. Real love occurs between Phiang and Thaen as Thaen is ready to sacrifice his own rebirth to save her.
Year: 1995
Thai title: โลกทั้งใบให้นายคนเดียว
English title: Romantic Blue
Rating: 4/5
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Main actor: Ruj Ronnapop
Main actress: Suthida Kasemsan
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Thai movie โลกทั้งใบให้นายคนเดียว / Romantic Blue was released in year 1995 and lasts 1h49mn. It was released under VCD and DVD format by RS Public Company Limited. Movie director is Prachya Pinkaew. This movie has won 4 Thai academy awards. It won the award for Best Movie of 1995 as well as being that year's highest grossing movie. The Romantic Blue movie used singer superstars to play the hero and the heroine. Romantic Blue movie was extremely well-received and set a new record for Thai films. Generating 60 millions THB at the box office, its revenue was at least double of the industry average at that time. Romantic Blue movie went on to represent Thailand and Thai films at several international film contests. Song โลกทั้งใบให้นายคนเดียว by สมชาย เข็มกลัด was also a superhit in 1995. Two brothers love the same girl Pon (Nook - Suthida Kasemsan). One brother is a hard worker, Mai (สมชาย เข็มกลัด), but has stopped his studies in order to work as a mechanic and to support his family. The other brother, Maen (ปราโมทย์ แสงศร), continues to study but is lazy and more interested in courting girls. Mai is working with Uncle Bo and repairs cars. Mai meets Pon as her father's car has troubles. The brothers' father (Ruj Ronnapop) is sick and is sent to hospital. Mai decides to participate with uncle Bo in a car robbery in order to pay the expensive hospital bills. The first robbery is successful but one of the ruffians is unhappy with Mai as he only succeeded to shift the parking guardian focus at the last minute. Mai is very stressed and is busy earning money to pay his father's bills. He has no time to meet Pon and tries to push her towards his brother Maen as he knows Maen loves her. Pon is upset and sad of this situation as she does not love Maen. Her mother announces to Pon that she found a school overseas for her so she will have to leave Thailand soon. Uncle Bo is aware that Mai forces himself to neglect Pon for the sake of his father and younger brother. Maen is aware of the illegal activities of his brother. Things get worse between the two brothers when the father dies. Moreover the ruffians' leader wants to get rid of potential witnesses. Uncle Bo is shot by the leader and Mai just succeeds to escape. The leader kidnaps Maen in order to force Mai to come out. The leader forces Maen to slap and insult Mai. Taking profit of the leader's inattention, Mai rushes into him and gets shot in the shoulder. They both fall from an unfinished building. Maen grabs his brother's hand before he falls to his death. Then Maen rushes his brother Mai to the airport so that he can wish Pon a safe trip.
Year: 1992
Thai title: รองต๊ะ แล๊บแปล๊บ
English title: The Magic Shoes
Rating: 4/5
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Main actor:
Main actress:
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Thai movie รองต๊ะ แล๊บแปล๊บ / The Magic Shoes was released in year 1992 and lasts 1h35mn. It was released under VCD format. Movie director is Prachya Pinkaew. It was his first movie. The main actor is ทัช ณ ตะกั่วทุ่ง, being a real famous singer. Teenager Tad (ทัช ณ ตะกั่วทุ่ง) is living with his grandfather. He loves dancing (นักเต้น). His grandfather recommends him to find some good shoes that can be like a partner. A dance contest between teens is happening soon. Tad sees Nike shoes at 4500 THB, but it is too expensive for him. Tad meets Ann (วาสนา พูนผล), a beautiful young lady, in a hairdresser. During nighttime, a big storm occurs and through strong lighting, the shoes get alive! The next day, the shoes vendor accepts to sell the shoes at 1000 THB as the shoes were damaged during the storm. When wearing the shoes, Tad becomes a better dancer as the shoes are alive. His friends notice it. He meets Ann again, but she already has a boyfriend called Dook (ภาณุเดช วัฒนสุชาติ). Dook is very arrogant. His younger brother won the dance contest before. He knows Tad has improved a lot so he bewares of him. Tad invites Ann in a MacDonald. Romance starts but jealous ruffians try to interrupt. The scene is reminiscent of the movie "back to the future". Dook threatens Ann that Nad will be beaten if she persists seeing him. Dook’s brother sees that Nad has special magic shoes. Dook contacts the three comic ruffians to destroy the shoes. Despite running through a mall to escape, the ruffians destroy his shoes. So Tad cannot compete anymore. Ann convinces Nad to compete without his magic shoes. Dook’s brother performs very well. Nad has no more shoes but luckily his grandfather comes also to the show, so Tad borrows his shoes. Mickael Jackson’s song is featured during the competition. Nad’s performance is awesome so Dook pays a referee to give a better mark to his brother. Nad’s young friend (บริบูรณ์ จันทร์เรือง) is aware as he films the scene thanks to his video camera. He shares the tape so that everybody can know Dook is cheating. Dook and his brother flee. Tad is the winner and romance can blossom. The magic shoes are alive again!
