THAI MOVIE
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Year: 1989
Thai title: เพชรตาแมว
English title: Diamond Cat Eye
Rating: 3/5
Director:
Main actor: Apichat Halamjiak,Dam Datsakorn,Yuranan PamornMontri
Main actress: Thida Thidarat
Thai movie เพชรตาแมว (1989) lasts 1h34mn. Chai (Apichat Halamjiak), Chat coming with his daughter, Dam (Dam Datsakorn) are involved to catch a mystic cat spirit (แมวดำตาเพชร). They wish to get a diamond located in the cat's eyes. Some hunters fail to kill it so they are going in a remote mountain to catch it in his cave. The cat makes the hunters to kill each other. Chat finally gets the diamond and before dying, he asks Chai to give it to his daughter when she is adult. Years have passed. Kong Yot (Yuranan PamornMontri) is a policeman (หมวด) and Chai's good friend. Busarat (Thida Thidarat), Chat's daughter, is the real owner of the diamond. She was raised by Dam. Sia, older man, wishes to marry Busarat but she doesn't love him. Niphon uses a professional masseuse (หมอนวด) as a fake nurse to take care about Chai. He wishes to get the diamond also. But the nurse is thinking about a wedding being interested by the heritage but Kong Yot is around. Kong Yot hires real Busarat as nurse as he knows she is dedicated as he met her before in hospital. Three ladies now claim to be Busarat. One dies by falling in the stairs being shocked seeing somebody disguised like a ghost. Niphon (Kowit Wattanakul) gets blamed as he guaranteed she was real Busarat. Another supposed young lady, foreigner Natalie, asks for the diamond also. She is lover with the house driver. They end up in jail as identified as dishonest people by Kong Yot. Chai finally gives the diamond to another Busaba following nightmares. Chai wishes Busaba's father to be with her. Back to her province, gun shooting happens with Sia as he still wants Busaba to be his wife. Dam is injured during the shooting and Busaba realises she is the real daughter of Chai as she doesn't have the same blood group as Dam. Niphon and fake Busaba are lovers. Finally Niphon's wife, Niphon and fake Busaba kill each other due to greed. Only the real owner can keep the diamond safely. Busaba, identified as Chat's daughter, receives the diamond and following a dream involving the spirit (วิญญาณ), she brings it back to the cave. She can have now happiness with Krong Yot. A former version of this movie was released in year 1972 featuring Phairoj Jaising and Naiyana Shewanan. A TV adaptation through a ละคร was released in year 1999.
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