Tawan Tud Burapha ( th, ตะวันตัดบูรพา; ; lit: ''The Sun cut the East''; English title: The Brothers) was a
Thai TV drama in action/drama and
heroic bloodshed
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genre. It
remake
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from a
Channel 5's 2001 drama of the namesake (starred
Saksit Tangthong
Saksit Tangthong ( th, ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ แท่งทอง, born 6 June 1967) is a Thai actor. He became widely known from the popular 1991 teen comedy '' The Time Not Beyond'' (''Kling Wai Kon Pho Son Wai'') and the sitcom ...
and
Jesdaporn Pholdee
Jesdaporn Pholdee ( th, เจษฎาภรณ์ ผลดี; ; born June 5, 1977 or nickname Tik ( th, ติ๊ก)) is a Thai actor, model, and presenter.
Biography
Early life and education
Jesdaporn Pholdee is the eldest of three ...
). It aired on
One31
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GMM Grammy Public Company Limi ...
directed and written by
Kongkiat Khomsiri
Kongkiat "Kome" Komesiri ( th, ก้องเกียรติ โขมศิริ, born 2 June 1975, in Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter.
Film career
He graduated from the Faculty of Mass Communications at Bangkok Univers ...
.
Plot summary
Tawan (The Sun) and Burapha (The East) are brothers and the sons of a well-known righteous police. They are very close as brothers. Burapha is into boxing, while Tawan wants to follow in their father's footsteps to become a police. One day, they hear a gun shot and go to see what is going on. This way, they witness a murder and when the time comes to point the finger at the killer, Tawan is not hesitantto do the right thing. Burapha knows that the bad guys will not leave their family alone and he begs Tawan not to be a witness. This is how the conflict begins.
Cast
Main
*Nawat Kulrattanarak as Tawan/Tawanchai
*
Yuke Songpaisan as Burapha
*Jintanutda Lummakanon as Thicha
*Monchanok Saengchaipiangpen as Joe/Joe Tha Tian
Support
*Arnuttaphol Sirichomsaeng as Chatchai
*
Phitchanat Sakhakon
Pitchanart Sakakorn ( th, พิชญ์นาฎ สาขากร, born 22 May 1981 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai actress. Her starring film roles include '' Pattaya Maniac'', '' Buppah Rahtree Phase 2: Rahtree Returns'' and '' The Victim ...
as Jermchat
*
Sorapong Chatree
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as Ja Wes (Sergeant Wes)
*
Billy Ogan
Billy Mittakarin Ogan ( th, บิลลี่ มิตตกริน โอแกน; born 29 July 1966) is a Thai actor and singer.
Personal life
Ogan was born to a Filipino father and a Thai mother. He started his modeling career in 198 ...
as Kieng the Red Dragon
*Santisuk Promsiri as Sia Charoen (Tycoon Charoen)
*Phoori Hiranyapruk as Tat
*Akarat Nimitchai as Dap Suea (POL. SEN. SGT. MAJ. Suea)
Awards and nominations
International broadcast
References
External links
Official teaser{{in lang, th
Thai television soap operas
2015 Thai television series debuts
2015 Thai television series endings
Thai action television series
One 31 original programming