The King Maker (2005)
A warrior's path. A king's destiny.
Genre : Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Runtime : 1H 40M
Director : Lek Kitaparaporn
Writer : Sean Casey
Synopsis
1547. Fernando de Gama, a young "Soldier of Fortune" from Portugal, set sail for the Orient in an effort to find a man who murdered his father and, with luck, like many of their compatriots, to make his fortune. A vicious storm in the Indian Ocean almost ended his plans when he was on the ship sank. The sole survivor, he was washed up on a tropical beach only to be captured by Arab slavers and taken to Ayutthaya in the kingdom of Siam, where he was offered for sale as a slave.
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