Tah Tien

Tah Tien (1973)

ท่าเตียน

Tah Tien is ostensibly a retelling of an old Thai folk tale about a battle between two giants, Yak Wat Jaeng and Yak Wat Pho.

Date of release
1973-03-09
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Director
Sompote Sands

Casting

Interesting facts

Tah Tien is a 35mm Thai kaiju film released in 1973 directed by and featuring special effects from Sompote Saengduenchai.

Production & reception

Tah Tien is Sompote Saengduenchai's first film. He had been inspired by his studies of Toho and Tsuburaya Productions of Japan in the early 1960s and the Japanese kaiju films of the era, particularly Daimajin from 1966.

The film's plot is a combination of two famed tales from traditional Thai folklore, Uttai Tawee and an urban legend on the origin of the name of Tah Tien (now a pier, market and tourist attraction on Rattanakosin Island near Grand Palace and Wat Pho). The two giants featured in the film and the urban legend are the temple guards of two Thai Buddhist monasteries, or wats on opposite banks of the Chao Phraya River.

The film's release met with major success, earning ฿1.4 million from Bangkok cinemas alone almost instantly, eventually winning up to ฿3 million after two weeks of circulation in the countryside. In addition to this, the main theme song of the film Meesak Nakarat became a major hit and remains popular to this day.

For Sompote, the massive success of Tah Tien inspired him to bring Yak Wat Jaeng and Yak Wat Pho back for more roles in his next films, including Jumborg Ace & Giant in 1974 and Magic Lizard in 1985.

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