The Scar

The Scar (1977)

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A tale of star crossed lovers set in the rural Siam of 1936.

In 1936 in rural Bang Kapi, among the rice fields, Kwan and Riam, the children of rival village chiefs, fall in love. Riam's father disapproves of the relationship, and wants to marry her off to Joi, the son of a wealthy local nobleman. Riam's father, Joi and some other men go to confront Kwan and find him on the spirit-house island with Riam.

Date of release
1977-12-24
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (5)
Runtime
2h 1m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Cherd Songsri

Casting

Interesting facts

Plae Kao, also known as The Scar, is a 1977 Thai romantic drama film directed by Cherd Songsri and starring Sorapong Chatree and Nantana Ngaograjang as two peasants in rural Thailand in a tragic, romantic relationship. The story is based on the novel of the same name by Mai Muengderm. The film's poster was designed by Chuang Moolpinit.

Background

Cherd produced the film with the idea of showing it worldwide.

When I produced Plae Kao, I used the slogan 'We must show Thai traditional style to the world.' This produced a great deal of negative sentiment towards the picture, because some people believe that this is not a topic to be shown on film. I am a stubborn person though, and once I set my mind to including this in my films, well it's been in every film I have ever made.

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