Tah Tien
| Tah Tien | |
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| Directed by | Sompote Saengduenchai |
| Produced by | Churat Saengduenchai |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Sombat Khanthasen |
| Music by | Boonyong Ketkong Boonyoung Ketkong |
Production companies | Chaiyo Productions Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre |
| Distributed by | Chaiyo Productions Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre |
Release date |
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Running time | 142 minutes |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai |
| Budget | 200,000 baht |
| Box office | 1,400,000 baht |
Tah Tien (Template:Lang-th) is a 35mm Thai kaiju film released in 1973 directed and special effects created by Sompote Saengduenchai (a.k.a. Sompote Sands).
Synopsis
Chaba is a magic giant toad in beautiful woman form, she's the daughter of a Queen of Naga who spawns on the human world. She lived with an old man in the jungle. One day, a young Bangkok man named Narent came to the jungle to study natural science and zoology. He must adventure with many beasts, including primeval creatures and flash flood. Finally, he meets Chaba.
He invited Chaba to visit in Bangkok. With her mischievousness, she made the giant temple guard both met, feuding and fighting fiercely at the midstream of Chao Phraya river.
Cast
- Supak Likitkul as Chaba
- Sombat Metanee as Narent
- Sukon Kewlhiem as Grandpa
- Sompong Pongmitr as Hunter Pong
- Tape Subpokpoon as Maseng/ Phaya Naga
- Prim Phraphaporn as Queen of Naga
- Tape Tienchai as Yak Wat Pho
- Sri Suriya as Horse owner
- Sipeuak as Yak Wat Jaeng
- Chuen-chaeh as Horse thief
Production & reception
Tah Tien is the first film from the making by Sompote Saengduenchai, a Thai student who study filmmaking at Toho and Tsuburaya Productions of Japan in early 1960s inspired by the Japanese kaiju film Daimajin in 1966. Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre (under Crown Property Bureau) as issuer.
The film's plot is a combination of two famed tales from traditional Thai folklore, Uttai Tawee and an urban legend on the origin of the name of Tah Tien (now a pier, market and tourist attraction in Phra Nakhon District near Grand Palace and Wat Pho[1]). The two giants featured in the film and the urban legend are the temple guards of two Thai Buddhist monasteries, or wats on opposite banks of the Chao Phraya River. Yak Wat Jaeng (the Giant of Wat Jaeng) is depicted as a traditional Thai demon, or Yak is stationed at Wat Arun from the Thonburi side ("Wat Arun" was formerly known as "Wat Jaeng," hence the name), while Yak Wat Pho (the Giant of Wat Pho), depicted in the film as an armored Chinese warrior though the original guard was a similar yak to Yak Wat Jaeng probably to help viewers distinguish the two, resides at Wat Pho in Phra Nakhon (Bangkok) side. The most common version of the legend relates that one day, one of the giants, usually Yak Wat Pho, borrowed money from the other but never got around to resolving the debt. The tension between the two eventually escalated into a major brawl that devastated and flattened the local neighborhood. A mediator eventually stepped in (often cited to be either an angel, the Buddha, or another giant from the royal Wat Phra Kaeo temple) and ordered them to stand down, but the damage had been done. Owing to the flattened landscape as a result of the fight, the area was rechristened "Tah Tien" (or spelt "Tha Tian"), translating roughly as 'Flat Port.'[2][1] The true origins of the name 'Tah Tien' is still debated to this day.
When the released has been very successful. It's a film that earns 1.4 million baht (only in Bangkok and only 2 weeks in the provincial, about 3 million baht), with using modern filmmaking techniques of that era. In addition, the theme song in the namesake of the film by Meesak Nakarat still popular.
For Sompote, the massive success of Tah Tien inspired him to bring Yak Wat Jaeng and Yak Wat Pho back for more roles in his next films, including Jumborg Ace & Giant in 1974 and Magic Lizard in 1985.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b หนุ่มลูกทุ่ง (2006-09-19). "เที่ยว"ท่าเตียน"ชุมชนเก่าแก่คู่วัดโพธิ์". Manager Online (in Thai). Retrieved 2017-08-06.
- ^ "ท่าเตียน ปริศนาแห่งเมืองท่า". TPBS (in Thai). 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
- ^ "Line กนก 8พฤศจิกายน 2558 อุลตร้าแมน เทป 1 Full". Nation TV (in Thai). 2015-11-13. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
- ^ "Master อุลตร้าแมนเทป 2". Nation TV (in Thai). 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
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