• Japan Premiere

Special Programs < New Action! Southeast Asia >

THE MASTER

Director: Nawapol THAMRONGRATTANARIT

2014｜Thailand｜Color｜80min｜Language: Thai｜Subtitles: Japanese, English

• 3/7 (Mon) Photo Gallery
• 3/11 (Fri) <Welcome Party>

Cast

Pen-Ek RATANARUANG, Songyos SUGMAKANAN, Banjong PISANTHANAKUN, Kongdej JATURANRASMEE, Manotham THEAMTHEABRAT

Producers

Soros SUKHUM, Donsaron KOVITVANITCHA, Cattleya PAOSRIJAROEN

Synopsis

“The Master” looks at movie piracy in Thailand and worldwide. It tells the story of a man who opened a bootleg video store that introduced art and rare films from around the world to Thai customers. Motivated by a love of cinema, in an era when art films were not available in Thailand, this shop sold pirated videotapes of films with no Thai distribution, thus becoming the only place providing such films. Its customers and employees are now Thailand’s major film directors, scenarists and critics. The shop, Van Vdo, allowed them to see otherwise unattainable films and thus helped to foster an entire generation of film culture.

Website

Official Site

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• HONOR THY FATHER
• IN THE ROOM
• THE KID FROM THE BIG APPLE
• THE MASTER
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• BIG FATHER, SMALL FATHER AND OTHER STORIES
• FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
• THE LADY ASSASSIN
• SUPER X.
• YELLOW FLOWERS ON THE GREEN GRASS
• SWEET 20
• [Southeast Asia Classic]
• 12 SISTERS