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A beautiful young woman from the capital flees after committing a crime and heads to a remote backwater, hoping to seek refuge with her uncle. On the journey, she and a young doctor traveling on the same bus are captured by a band of outlaws. It is soon revealed that the gang’s leader abducted the doctor to treat his beloved wife, who is gravely ill. While held captive, the young woman and the doctor secretly plot their escape, aided by the bandit chief’s wife, who also longs to break free. When the opportunity finally arises, the three flee together, leaving the furious bandit leader to launch a relentless manhunt across the countryside.
A historical drama set in the 1930s Isan province Thailand, telling the travails of a small clan of subsistence farmers and their village as a particularly bad drought reduces them to bush living.
Poradok Sakuna is a young woman caught in a tangle of greed and betrayal. Her stepfather's sister, coveting her inheritance, arranges for her nephew to marry Poradok by force - despite him already having a secret wife. Meanwhile, Poradok's mother Khunying Phin is having an affair with the family lawyer.
Aniruth is married and has two children, but he is a womanizer. Centers on the rivalry between a legitimate wife and her husband's mistresses, set against a backdrop of rising middle-class prosperity and social ambition.
This film is based on a novel by Kritsana Asoksin, published in Satrisan magazine between 1969 and 1970. It tells the story of Phim and Wannree, a couple living with their two growing children. When Pudkrong, a young widow who is Wannree's best friend, becomes close to them and has an affair with Phim, their once peaceful family falls apart. It has been adapted into numerous films and television dramas.
Customs of the mountain people has always been strict and respectful to themselves. Doing something wrong will be considered as being disrespect to the spirits. Marrying someone from a different tribe is also wrong. Giving birth to twins, she and her husband together with the kids will have to leave the tribe.
A young girl was born into a noble family and lived a rich life. After her father passed away, Pin, her mother remarries to Mr. Athon Hengkul, a young businessman with stepdaughter. He always loves and cares for her. One day, her new father died. Abchit, Mr. Athon's sister do not agree with the treasure that she and her mother receive. Out of jealousy, she conspires with Athon's second son hoping to make her a wife. Meanwhile, she goes to stay with her friend Sai Samorn. Here, she meets and falls in love with Sol Thongprai, a handsome lawyer farmer.
Boon Rawd, a feisty young woman returns to her hometown to seek solace and work after she is violated by her employer. Back home, she realises many women have out of financial desperation become rent wives for the American soldiers at the military airbase near her village.
A remake of well known story… Three men and the woman who comes between them. The men, all struggling in early adulthood, share a floating bamboo hut on the river. The woman Penh is the daughter of the boys' landlord, and the likely fiancee of law student Jane. The brash, alpha-male Kaew is a Muay Thai fighter. And there's Rin a singer. All the guys have an eye on Penh, and Penh clearly adores the attentions of them all.