A young Thai boxer learns the skills and inner meaning of martial arts.A young Thai boxer learns the skills and inner meaning of martial arts.A young Thai boxer learns the skills and inner meaning of martial arts.
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6.2/10
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- Awards
- 8 nominations
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Nirut Sirichanya
- Master Buaas Master Bua
- (as Nirut Sirijunya)
Petchtai Wongkamlao
- Mhenas Mhen
- (as Phetthai Wongkhamlao)
Santisuk Promsiri
- Nobleman Siha Dechoas Nobleman Siha Decho
- (as Santisuk Phromsiri)
Patthama Panthong
- Lady Plaias Lady Plai
- (as Pattama Panthong)
Supakorn Kitsuwon
- Master Armeras Master Armer
- (as Suppakorn Kitsuwan)
Natdanai Kongthong
- Young Tienas Young Tien
- (as Natdhanai Kongthong)
- Directors
- Writers
- Tony Jaa(story)
- Panna Rittikrai(story)
- Ek Iemchuen(screenplay)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
In 1431, the Kingdom of Ayutthayan conquers the territory of Sukhothai expanding their lands to the East. The noble Lord Siha Decho is betrayed by his Captain, Rajasena, and is murdered together with his wife. However their son Tien is saved by one loyal soldier and left alone in the woods... —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Taglines
- Warrior. Conqueror. Legend.
- Genre
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for sequences of violence
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaThe Cambodia scenes has been cut out from the original version due to recent clashes between Cambodian and Thailand over the Preah Vihear temple.
- ConnectionsEdited into Ong Bak 3 (2010)
Top review
95 minutes of terrific action
The movie is wonderful, to the point and did not mess-up up with too much story and dialogs.
The movie shows tony ja's wish to cover the major martial art skills such as Chinese kung fu, Japanese Samurai, Ninja, Muay Thai, Drunken kungfu etc.,
The fight sequences are brilliant, rough and the art of Drunken fighting is shown perfectly as you will see the real essence unlike that of older movies which have portrayed it as a funny martial art. tony ja's love for elephants is obvious(Thailand's national animal).
overall 9/10 (-1 if there is no sequel) one can obviously see that even though the movie is tony ja's first direction it is very maturely taken and it's sure that it makes you feel like there should be some more at the end but The movie is unfinished as tony and the producers had some unknown clashes behind the scenes.
Yet the movie is full of brilliant fights and you will surely be satisfied while expecting for a sequel.
The movie shows tony ja's wish to cover the major martial art skills such as Chinese kung fu, Japanese Samurai, Ninja, Muay Thai, Drunken kungfu etc.,
The fight sequences are brilliant, rough and the art of Drunken fighting is shown perfectly as you will see the real essence unlike that of older movies which have portrayed it as a funny martial art. tony ja's love for elephants is obvious(Thailand's national animal).
overall 9/10 (-1 if there is no sequel) one can obviously see that even though the movie is tony ja's first direction it is very maturely taken and it's sure that it makes you feel like there should be some more at the end but The movie is unfinished as tony and the producers had some unknown clashes behind the scenes.
Yet the movie is full of brilliant fights and you will surely be satisfied while expecting for a sequel.
helpful•255
- rajeshnaidu_tony
- Apr 5, 2009
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Ong-Bak: The Beginning
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- THB 300,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $102,458
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $26,564
- Oct 25, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $8,936,663
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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