Movies by Chaiya Suriyun
Tone
Tone is the Thai equivalent of a 1960s youth rebellion movie, which is to say that there's no youth rebellion in it at all: Just good kids being good, dancing sedately, trying to get into good schools, drinking punch, bowling, and settling their romantic differences in the most clear-headed and amicable way possible -- even if they do so while wearing some seriously funky period clothes and listening to that crazy longhair music. Fortunately, there are also some vicious underworld characters on hand so that we can still have the traditional ...
The Houseboat
Three men with big dreams - a cop, a boxer, and a singer - collide over the heart of the beautiful daughter of a house boat owner in this tale.
The Golden Goddess Kalong
In order to save her boyfriend Yod's life, a young woman named Khun becomes the mistress of a sadistic lord (whose wife isn't much better). Once Yod finds out about it, he breaks up with her and she kills herself. Her ghost returns for revenge. This same exact story (set in 1905) was filmed again in 1981 as แก้วกาหลง ("Glass Kalong").