''Legend of Sudsakorn'' () is a 2006 Thai

fantasy film Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually Magic (paranormal), magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds. The Film genre, genre is considered a form of speculative fic ...

. It is based on a story from ''

Phra Aphai Mani Phra Aphai Mani is a 48,700-line epic poem composed by Thai poet Sunthorn Phu, who is known as "the Bard of Rattanakosin" (). It is considered to be one of Thailand's national epics. With 48,686 couplets, it is listed as the longest Thai single ...

'', a 30,000-line epic poem by Thailand's best-known poet

Sunthorn Phu Phra Sunthorn Vohara (Phu) (, , ; 26 June 1786 – 1855), known as Sunthorn Phu (, , ), was a Thai poet. He is often referred to as the "Shakespeare of Thailand." Born four years after the founding of the Rattanakosin Kingdom, he entered royal ...

Charlie Trairat Charlie Trairat Potjes (; born 19 January 1993) also known as Nack, is a Thai actor and singer. He gained stardom through '' Fan Chan'', which was Thailand's highest-grossing film in 2003. Early life Charlie Trairat Potjes, popularly known by ...

, the young male lead from ''

Fan Chan ''Fan Chan'' ( Thai: แฟนฉัน, English: ''My Girl'') is a 2003 Thai coming-of-age romance comedy film directed by Vitcha Gojiew, Songyos Sugmakanan, Nithiwat Tharathorn, Witthaya Thongyooyong, Anusorn Trisirikasem, and Komgrit Tri ...

'', portrays the title character, a boy who is the son of a

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who is sent on a magical quest to find his father, a prince. It is a mix of live action and

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. The story was previously adapted in the 1979 Thai

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feature, ''

The Adventure of Sudsakorn ''The Adventure of Sudsakorn'' (; , also ''The Adventure of Sud Sakorn'', ''Sudsakhorn Adventure'', or ''Soodsakorn'') is a 1979 Thai animation, animated fantasy film. The only Traditional animation, cel-animated feature film ever made in Thailan ...

''.

Cast

* Charlie Trairat as

Sudsakorn Sudsakorn (, , ) is a fictional character in Sunthorn Phu, Sunthorn Phu's story ''Phra Aphai Mani'', written in Thailand during the Rattanakosin period. Sudsakorn, the son of Phra Aphaimani and a mermaid, was born at Ko Kaeo Phitsadan (เกา� ...

* Suchao Pongwilai as Prachao Ta * Pemanee Sungkorn as Sudsakorn's mother * Surachai Sangarkart as Prince Aphai Mani

External links

Official site
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