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Nang Nak
''Nang Nak'' () is a 1999 Thai supernatural horror film based on the Thai legend of Mae Nak Phra Khanong. It was directed by Nonzee Nimibutr and released in 1999 by Buddy Film and Video Production Co. in Thailand. It depicts the life of a devoted ghost wife and her unsuspecting husband. Plot In a rural village west of Bangkok, Mak ( Winai Kraibutr) is conscripted and sent to fight in the Siamese-Vietnamese War (1831–1834). He has to leave behind his pregnant teenage wife, Nak (Intira Jaroenpura). Mak is wounded and barely survives. He eventually returns home to his beloved wife and their child. A friend visits and sees Mak living with Nak. The villagers, knowing she had died months earlier, realize Mak is spellbound by her ghost. But those who attempt to tell him are killed in the night by Nak's ghost, who is desperate to stay with her husband. When Mak confronts Nak about the rumors, she lies and says the villagers disliked her after he left for the war. She claims they are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonzee Nimibutr
Nonzee Nimibutr (, ; Born: 18 December 1962) is a Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. Best known for his ghost thriller, '' Nang Nak'', he is generally credited as the leader among a " New Wave" of Thai filmmakers that also includes Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Biography Education Nonzee is a relative of Lieutenant General Phachoen Nimitbutr (เผชิญ นิมิบุตร), Director of the Signal Department of the Royal Thai Army and the founder of Thailand's first television station, Army TV Channel 5. Nonzee graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in visual communication design from the Faculty of Decorative Arts at Silpakorn University in 1987. Classmates included Wisit Sasanatieng and production designer Ek Iemchuen. He started his career as a director of television commercials and music videos. First films He made his feature-film debut with 1997's '' Dang Bireley's and Young Gangsters'', with a screenplay by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10 million people as of 2024, 13% of the country's population. Over 17.4 million people (25% of Thailand's population) live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region as of the 2021 estimate, making Bangkok a megacity and an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom, Ayutthaya era in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi Kingdom, Thonburi in 1767 and Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932), Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam during the late 19th century, as the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Horror Films
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA. * January 25 – The 6.2 Colombia earthquake hits western Colombia, killing at least 1,900 people. February * February 7 – Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King Hussein. * February 11 – Pluto moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than Neptune. It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979, and will become again in 2231. * February 12 – U.S. President Bill Clinton is acquitted in impeachment proceedings in the United States Senate. * February 16 ** In Uzbekistan, an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov takes place at government headquarters. ** Across Europe, Kurdish protestors take over embassies and hold hostages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Films
The year 1999 in film included Stanley Kubrick's posthumous final film '' Eyes Wide Shut'', Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film '' All About My Mother'', the science-fiction film '' The Matrix'', the animated works '' The Iron Giant'', ''Toy Story 2'', '' Tarzan'', and '' South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'', the Best Picture-winner '' American Beauty'', and the well-received '' The Green Mile''. Other noteworthy releases include M. Night Shyamalan's '' The Sixth Sense'', David Fincher's '' Fight Club'', Sofia Coppola's '' The Virgin Suicides'', Paul Thomas Anderson's '' Magnolia'' and Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman's '' Being John Malkovich''. The year also featured George Lucas' top-grossing '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace''. Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 75th anniversaries in 1999. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1999 by worldwide gross are as follows: Awards 1999 films By country/re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghost Films
Ghost movies and shows can fall into a wide range of genres, including romance, comedy, horror, juvenile interest, and drama. History With the advent of motion pictures and television, screen depictions of ghosts became common and spanned a variety of genres; the works of William Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde have all been made into cinematic versions. Children's benevolent ghost stories became popular, such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, created in the 1930s and appearing in comics, animated cartoons, and eventually the 1995 feature film ''Casper (film), Casper''. Noël Coward's play ''Blithe Spirit (play), Blithe Spirit'', later made into a Blithe Spirit (1945 film), film, places a more humorous slant on the phenomenon of haunting of individuals and specific locations, and ''The Ghost Goes West'', a comedy in which a Scottish castle and its ghost are moved to Florida, was voted the best British film of 1935. Sentimental depictions were more popular i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Office
A box office or ticket office is a place where ticket (admission), tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through a hole in a wall or window, or at a Wicket gate, wicket. By extension, the term is frequently used, especially in the context of the film industry, as a metonym for the amount of business a particular production, such as a film or theatre show, receives. The term is also used to refer to a ticket office at an arena or a stadium. ''Box office'' business can be measured in terms of the number of tickets sold or the amount of money raised by ticket sales (revenue). The projection and analysis of these earnings is greatly important for the creative industries and often a source of interest for fans. This is predominant in the Hollywood movie industry. To determine if a movie made a profit, it is not correct to directly compare the box office gross with the production budget, because the movie thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai Baht
The baht (; , ; currency sign, sign: ฿; ISO 4217, code: THB) is the official currency of Thailand. It is divided into 100 ''satang'' (, ). Prior to decimalisation, the baht was divided into eight ''fueang'' (, ), each of eight ''at'' (, ). The issuance of currency is the responsibility of the Bank of Thailand. Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, SWIFT ranked the Thai baht as the 10th-most-frequently used world payment currency as of December 2023. History ImageSize = width:1500 height:auto barincrement:15 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:30 right:130 left:20 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1250 till:2050 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:50 start:1250 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:10 start:1250 Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(1,1,1) id:r value:rgb(0.5,0,0) id:p value:rgb(1,0.1,0.6) id:o value:rgb(1,0.3,0) id:y value:rgb(0.9,0.7,0.1) id:g value:rgb(0,0.4,0) id:m value:rgb(0,0.8,0) id:b value:r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banjong Pisanthanakun
Bangjong Pisanthanakun () is a Thai filmmaker and screenwriter. He saw early success with his first two films, ''Shutter (2004 film), Shutter'' (2004) and ''Alone (2007 film), Alone'' (2007), both horror films that he co-directed and co-wrote with Parkpoom Wongpoom. He also directed the 2013 comedy-horror romance film ''Pee Mak'', which became Thailand's highest-grossing film of all time, and the 2021 horror film The Medium (2021 film), ''The Medium'', which was a commercial and critical success in South Korea. In addition to horror films, Bangjong directed the romance films ''Hello Stranger (2010 film), Hello Stranger'' (2010) and ''One Day (2016 film), One Day'' (2016). Education and early career Bangjong Pisanthankun graduated in 1999 from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, where he majored in film. He directed a short film, ''Plae Kao'', which was a finalist for best picture and best screenplay in the Click Radio comedy short film competition in 2000. He then wrote and dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pee Mak
''Pee Mak'' (; ) is a 2013 Thai supernatural horror comedy romance film directed and co-written by Banjong Pisanthanakun. The story is an adaptation of the Mae Nak Phra Khanong legend of Thai folklore. The film stars Mario Maurer as Mak, Davika Hoorne as Nak, and Pongsathorn Jongwilas, Nattapong Chartpong, Auttarut Kongrasri and Kantapat Permpoonpatcharasook. The film was a major commercial success upon its release and became Thailand's highest-grossing film of all time. Plot During the era of King Mongkut, Mak is drafted to serve in a war, forcing him to leave behind his pregnant wife Nak in the town of Phra Khanong. While recuperating from battle injuries, he becomes friends with fellow soldiers Ter, Puak, Shin and Aey. Meanwhile, Nak struggles alone painfully to give birth to the baby; she calls out for help, but she is too weak to be heard. Shortly after, rumors start circulating in the village that Nak had died in labor and was now a ghost of a very powerful form haunting t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somtow Sucharitkul
S. P. Somtow (a rearrangement of his real name Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul; ; ; born December 30, 1952) is a Thai-American musical composer and conductor, and a science fiction, fantasy, and horror author writing in English as both Somtow Sucharitkul and S. P. Somtow. He has both Thai and American citizenship. He served as a musical consultant on the Todd Field film '' Tár''. Youth A descendant of the Royal Chakri dynasty (his grandfather's sister was a cousin and consort of King Vajiravudh), Somtow was born in Bangkok. He moved to England with his parents in 1953 at the age of six months. English was his first language. Somtow was educated at Eton College and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He returned to Thailand in the early 1960s for a five-year period, during which he became fluent in the Thai language. At age 11, he wrote a poem called "Kith of Infinity", which was published in the English-language ''Bangkok Post''. Shirley MacLaine saw it, and thinking that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mae Nak
Mae Nak Phra Khanong (, meaning 'Lady Nak of Phra Khanong'), or simply Mae Nak (, 'Lady Nak') or Nang Nak (, 'Miss Nak'), is a well-known Thai ghost. According to local folklore the story is based on events that took place during the reign of King Rama IV. A shrine dedicated to Nak was constructed at Wat Mahabut. In 1997, the shrine was relocated to the nearby Suan Luang district of modern Bangkok. Common legend A beautiful young woman named Nak, who lived on the banks of the Phra Khanong canal, had an undying love for her husband, Mak. While Nak was pregnant, Mak was conscripted into the Thai Army and sent to war where he was seriously wounded (in some versions it is the Kengtung Wars, while others are not specific). While he was being nursed back to health in central Bangkok, Nak and their child both died during childbirth. But when Mak returned home, he found his loving wife and child waiting for him. Neighbors warned him that he was living with a ghost but he rebuff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Of Mae Nak
''Ghost of Mae Nak'' () is a 2005 Thai horror film thriller about a protecting ghost directed and written by British director Mark Duffield. The film stars Pataratida Pacharawirapong, Siwat Chotchaicharin and Porntip Papanai as the ghost. Synopsis Set in modern Bangkok, the life of groom Tid Mak is disturbed, by successive nightmares with a ghost woman, Mae Nak, an ancient Thai legend. He meets his beloved fiancée Nak to acquire an antique brooch and an old abandoned house in Phra Khanong through an unscrupulous real estate agent Angel and they decide to buy the property. After their wedding, two small-time thieves break into the house and steal their gifts and other objects. Mak happens to see the criminals on the streets of Bangkok selling his goods. He chases the burglars and they run their van over Mak, who falls into a deep coma. The ghost Mae Nak protects the young couple against Angel and the burglars, but in return she holds the soul of Mak. Nak finds the remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
