Muay Thai Chaiya
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| Directed by | Kongkiat Khomsiri |
| Produced by | Charoen Iamphungporn Apiradee Iamphungporn Kiatkamol Iamphungphorn Thanit Jitnukul |
| Written by | Kongkiat Khomsiri |
| Starring | Akara Amarttayakul Thawatchai Penpakdee Sonthaya Chitmanee Sarita Kongpech Sangthong Ket-U-Tong |
| Cinematography | Sayombhu Mukdeeprom |
| Distributed by | Five Star Production |
| Release date(s) | Thailand: August 30, 2007 |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai |
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Muay Thai Chaiya or Chaiya (Thai: ไชยา) is a 2007 Thai drama film about two talented muay Thai boxers, boyhood friends whose lives take divergent paths after they arrive in Bangkok. The film is the solo directorial debut by Kongkiat Khomsiri, who had previously been among seven directors on Art of the Devil 2, and had written the screenplay for The Unseeable.
It premiered as the closing film at the 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, and opened in wide release in Thailand cinemas on August 30, 2007.[1]
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[edit] Plot
Growing up in Chaiya, Surat Thani Province, three boys, Piak, Pao and Samor, are followers of Pao's brother, Krang (Prawit Kittichanthira), a legendary muay Thai fighter who is taught by Pao's father, Tew (Samart Payakaroon).
After an accident partially cripples Samor, Piak and Pao train as boxers under Tew, but the boxing school is broken up when Tew and Krang are recruited for a gym in Bangkok.
Eventually, Piak and Pao go to Bangkok themselves, bringing along Samor, and Sripai, a nurse who is engaged to Piak, but whom Pao secretly loves.
Piak's hot-headedness makes him a fierce fighter, but it is also a liability that costs him a fight and ends his career. He joins the world of underground bare-knuckles brawling, and he and Samor take on other jobs in the underworld as well, including helping out at go-go bar where the pretty Warn dances and seduces Piak. While working for the underworld, both of them ended up also doing dirty works for their boss.
Pao, meanwhile, begins training with his father, and works his way up the ranks, is put forward as a top boxer in a match against a fierce farang, Diamond Sullivan, which places Pao at odds with the gangsters whom Piak and Samor work for.KRU PAIK. Sri pai later saw Piak in bed with Warn and went to find Pao. Pao and Sripan live together since while Piak took over the undergroun business once his boss was killed by another rival boss.
Eventually the film climax at Pao's fight with Diamond. Pao was knocked down several times but came victorious as he remembers the time three of them trained together as a young boy.
[edit] Cast
- Akara Amarttayakul as Piak
- Thawatchai Penpakdee as Pao
- Sonthaya Chitmanee as Samor
- Sarita Kongpech as Sripai
- Sangthong Ket-U-Tong as Warn
- Prawit Kittichanthira as Krangsuk
- Samart Payakaroon as Tew
- Don Ferguson as Diamond Sullivan
[edit] Production
Director Wisit Sasanatieng served as an uncredited art director on Muay Thai Chaiya.[1]
[edit] Muay Chaiya as a style
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Although the fighting style displayed in the movie is attempting to portray the ancient style of Muay Thai Chaiya, it is not an accurate representation of the art. There are several discrepancies. The Taa Kruu posture shown with one knee raised is a fundamental aspect of Muay Thai Chaiya which most of the look mai (complimentary techniques) progress from, this is not apparent in the movie however. The footwork of Muay Chaiya is also very complex and involves very metered lateral angles, and sophisticated leveling, which is not portrayed accurately. Muay Chaiya also placed a large importance on groundwork and takedowns, absent in the film. Finally, kicks in Muay Chaiya are not thrown with one arm down, as in modern stadium Muay Thai, but rather by turning the entire upper body in the direction of the kick, with both arms protecting the face, and body horizontal to the ground. It is fair to say that much of the stylistic interpretations of Muay Chaiya in this movie are more representative of stadium Muay Thai. The essence of Muay Chaiya is accurately captured in the movie Pahuyut (Fighting Beat), released around the same time.
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[edit] External links
- Official site
- Muay Thai Chaiya at Movieseer
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