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Panna Ritikrai
Panna Rittikrai ( th, links=no, พันนา ฤทธิไกร; ) or birth name Krittiya Lardphanna ( th, links=no, กฤติยา ลาดพันนา; , February 17, 1961 – July 20, 2014) was a Thai martial arts action choreographer, film director, screenwriter, and actor. The head of the Muay Thai Stunt team (previously known as P.P.N. Stunt Team), he is best known for his work as a martial arts and action choreographer on the 2003 film '' Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior'' and 2005's ''Tom-Yum-Goong'' (known as ''The Protector'' in the US), starring Tony Jaa, whom Panna mentored. Biography Early films "You've probably never heard of my movies," Panna told the '' Bangkok Post'' in a 2004 interview. "They are popular among taxi drivers and som tam vendors and security guards and Isan coolies. My loyalest fans are folk people in the far-out tambons, where they lay out mattresses on the ground and drink moonshine whisky while watching my outdoor movies." Born in K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petchtai Wongkamlao
Petchtai Wongkamlao, ( th, เพ็ชรทาย วงษ์คำเหลา, , ; born on June 24, 1965, in Yasothon province, Thailand, is a Thai comedian, actor and film director. He is best known in Thailand by his stage name, Mum Jokmok ( th, หม่ำ จ๊กมก, , ); and is a popular Thai television personality. He is variously credited as Mom Jok Mok, Mum Jokemok or Mom Jokmok. Comedy and television Mum started his career as a comedian in the Bangkok "cafe" scene (restaurants in Thailand with live music and comedy performances). He started his own comedy troupe with "Jaturong Mokjok". Mum became widely known to the public from the variety-game show '' Ching Roi Ching Lan'' (ชิงร้อยชิงล้าน) hosted by Panya Nirankul. He appeared in comedy section with his group members and performed stunts. He also co-hosted with another popular game show ''Wethithong'' (เวทีทอง) with Kiat Kitcharoen. He also has his own TV show named ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isan
Northeast Thailand or Isan (Isan/ th, อีสาน, ; lo, ອີສານ; also written as Isaan, Isarn, Issarn, Issan, Esan, or Esarn; from Pali ''īsānna'' or Sanskrit ईशान्य ''īśānya'' "northeast") consists of 20 provinces in the northeastern region of Thailand. Isan is Thailand's largest region, located on the Khorat Plateau, bordered by the Mekong River (along the Laos–Thailand border) to the north and east, by Cambodia to the southeast and the Sankamphaeng Range south of Nakhon Ratchasima. To the west it is separated from northern and central Thailand by the Phetchabun Mountains. Isan covers making it about half the size of Germany and roughly the size of England and Wales. The total forest area is or 15 percent of Isan's area. Since the beginning of the 20th century, northeastern Thailand has been generally known as ''Isan'', while in official contexts the term ''phak tawan-ok-chiang-nuea'' (; 'northeastern region') may be used. The majority p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Chupong
Chupong Changprung (Thai; ชูพงษ์ ช่างปรุง, RTGS: Dan Chupong; born March 23, 1981 in Kalasin Province, Thailand;Behind the Scenes, BK Magazine, p. 24, December 29, 2006-January 4, 2007. Thai nickname: "Deaw", เดี่ยว) is a Thai actor, martial artist and stuntman. He is also known by his Westernized name, Dan Chupong (the given name is alternatively spelled Choopong or Choupong and the first name is sometimes Danny). Starting out as part of the stunt team of martial-arts choreographer Panna Rittikrai, Chupong's first film credit was as "Bodyguard 4" in '' Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior''. He then went on to leading roles in the 2004 film, '' Born to Fight'' and 2006 film ''Dynamite Warrior''. He has also appeared in Nonzee Nimibutr's '' Queen of Langkasuka'' (2008), '' Somtum'' (2008), ''Ong Bak 2'' (uncredited) and portrayed the main antagonist in Ong Bak 3. He graduate bachelor's degree from Srinakarinwirot Institute of Physical Education To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamite Warrior
''Dynamite Warrior'' ( th, ฅนไฟบิน (modern: คนไฟบิน), Transliteration, translit. Khon Fai Bin) is a 2006 Thai martial arts film, martial arts Western (genre), Western film directed by Chalerm Wongpim and starring Dan Chupong (from ''Born to Fight (2004 film), Born to Fight''). Plot The story is set in 1890s Thailand, Siam. Siang is a young Muay Thai warrior and Rocket Festival, rocketry expert, raised in a Buddhism in Thailand, Buddhist temple, who steals back domestic buffalo, water buffalo taken from poor Isan farmers by unscrupulous cattle raiding, cattle raiders. He is searching for a man with a tattoo in the chest who killed his parents. A local nobleman, Lord Waeng, wants to create a market for his steam tractors, so he hires a hulking convict, the Thief to burn the farmhouses, kill all the cattle traders, take the farmers as hostages at an outside near the farmhouse and round up all the water buffalo for slaughter, depriving farmers of the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanin Vismistananda
Yanin "Jeeja" Vismitananda ( th, ญาณิน "จีจ้า" วิสมิตะนันทน์; ), née Nicharee Vismitananda ( th, ณิชชารีย์ วิสมิตะนันทน์; ; born 31 March 1984) is a Thai actress and martial artist. She specialises in Muay Thai. She is credited as Yanin Mitananda in ''Chocolate''. Early life and education Vismitananda was born in Bangkok to Prasita Vismitananda and Pawadol Borirak, a businessman who later died when Vismitananda was 17. She has an older brother, Nantapong "Jeed" Vismitananda. She is of Burmese, Chinese, English and Thai heritage.สาวช็อกโกแลต : อ่อนหวานแต่ไม่อ่อนแอ โดย ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chocolate (2008 Film)
''Chocolate'' ( th, ช็อคโกแลต), also known as ''Zen, Warrior Within'', is a 2008 Thai martial arts film starring Yanin "Jeeja" Vismistananda in her debut film performance. It is directed by Prachya Pinkaew, with martial arts choreography by Panna Rittikrai. It also stars Hiroshi Abe and Pongpat Wachirabunjong. Plot Zin is the Thai lover of Japanese Yakuza boss Masashi. Zin was previously the girlfriend of Thai gangster No. 8, who was jealous of her relationship with rival gangster Masashi. After Zin chooses Masashi, he shoots his own toe as a symbolic gesture and forbids Zin from ever seeing him again. Zin asks Masashi to go back to Japan, as they would not be able to be together safely. He begrudgingly leaves. Soon after, Zin finds herself pregnant and moves into a new place to get away from No. 8. She has a daughter named Zen who is soon found to be autistic. As Zen gets older, Zin one day decides to tell Masashi about his daughter by writing him a letter. No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ong Bak 2
''Ong Bak 2: The Beginning'' ( th, องค์บาก 2) is a 2008 Thai martial arts film co-directed by Panna Rittikrai and Tony Jaa. Starring Jaa, it is a standalone prequel to the 2003 film '' Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior''. Set in 15th century Thailand, the film revolves around Tien, the son of a murdered nobleman. Captured and sold into slavery, Tien is saved from death by Chernang, the leader of the Pha Beek Khrut, a group of martial artists specialising in various Asian combat styles. Chernang takes Tien under his wing and realizes unsurpassed physical potential in the boy by training him in all the different types of Asian martial arts. When Tien grows up, he goes on a lone mission of vengeance against the slave traders and the treacherous warlord who killed his family. Released on 4 December 2008, the film was followed by ''Ong Bak 3'' in 2010. Plot In 1431 Siam, during the reign of Borommarachathirat II of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, Tien, the young son of a noble family, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury Man (film)
''Mercury Man'' (Thai: มนุษย์เหล็กไหล or ) is a 2006 Thai superhero martial arts action film. It is directed by Bhandit Thongdee with martial arts choreography by Panna Rittikrai of ''Ong-Bak'', ''Tom-Yum-Goong'' and '' Born to Fight''. Plot After being stabbed with an ancient Tibetan amulet and having escaped to hospital, a Bangkok firefighter named Chan is transformed into a superhero when his body becomes a massive heat source, which he learns to manipulate to give him super strength, increased agility and the ability to make great leaps. Chan's fate is entwined with an Afghan terrorist, Osama bin Ali, who wants the power of the Tibetan amulet to use in a plot to destroy the United States. With his international terrorist organization, led by henchwoman Areena, Osama kidnaps Chan's mother and sister (played by famed transgender Thai kickboxer Parinya Kiatbusaba) and takes them to the Royal Thai Navy base, where he hopes to launch a rocket at a US Nav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bodyguard (2004 Film)
''The Bodyguard'' (Thai: บอดี้การ์ดหน้าเหลี่ยม) is a 2004 wire fu action comedy film written and directed by Thai comedian and actor Petchtai Wongkamlao and featuring martial-arts choreography by Panna Ritikrai. It is followed by the 2007 prequel, ''The Bodyguard 2''. Plot After a shootout with dozens of assassins, Wong Kom, bodyguard to Chot Petchpantakarn, the wealthiest man in Asia, finds his client killed. Chaichol, the son and heir to the family fortune, fires the bodyguard and takes it upon himself to find the killers. He's then ambushed, and the rest of the bodyguard team is wiped out. Chaichol, however, comes out of it alive, and finds himself in a Bangkok slum, living with a volunteer car-accident rescue squad and falling in love with tomboyish Pok. Meanwhile, Wong Kom is working to clear his name, and stay ahead of the chief villain and his bumbling gang of henchmen. Cast *Petchtai Wongkamlao as Wong Kom * as Chaichol Petchp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born To Fight (1984 Film)
''Born to Fight'' ( th, เกิดมาลุย, ''Gerd ma lui'') is a 1984 Thai martial arts action film directed by Panna Rittikrai in his directorial debut. Plot Sianfong is a lawyer working for a crime family in Hong Kong. He acquires evidence that his wealthy client's devious son-in-law Tungseung has been stealing money from the family. Tungseung sends a deadly gang of martial artists known as the Green Dragons to silence Sianfong, who flees to Thailand. A Thai cop and martial artist named Tong searches for the lawyer to have him returned alive to Hong Kong, fighting off gang members along the way. Cast *Panna Rittikrai as Tong * Hernfah Khwangmhek as Siafong Reboot Sahamongkol Film International produced a name-only remake of the film directed by Panna Rittikrai in 2004. It stars Dan Chupong Chupong Changprung (Thai; ชูพงษ์ ช่างปรุง, RTGS: Dan Chupong; born March 23, 1981 in Kalasin Province, Thailand;Behind the Scenes, BK Magazine, p. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelisations: Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd, and Anthony Horowitz. The latest novel is ''With a Mind to Kill'' by Anthony Horowitz, published in May 2022. Additionally Charlie Higson wrote a series on a young James Bond, and Kate Westbrook wrote three novels based on the diaries of a recurring series character, Moneypenny. The character—also known by the code number 007 (pronounced "double-oh-seven")—has also been adapted for television, radio, comic strip, video games and film. The films are one of the longest continually running film series and have grossed over US$7.04 billion in total at the box office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee (; born Lee Jun-fan, ; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that is often credited with paving the way for modern mixed martial arts (MMA). Lee is considered by critics, media, and other martial artists to be the most influential martial artist of all time and a pop culture icon of the 20th century, who bridged the gap between East and West. He is credited with promoting Hong Kong action cinema and helping to change the way Asians were presented in American films. Born in San Francisco and raised in British Hong Kong, Lee was introduced to the Hong Kong film industry as a child actor by his father. However, these were not martial arts films. His early martial arts experience included Wing Chun (trained under Yip Man), tai chi, boxing (winning a Hong Kong boxing tournament), and apparently frequent str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
