Kom Akkadej
Birth : 1946-03-26,
Death : 2012-08-09
History
Thai director Kom Akadej shot around 12 movies from 1975 to 1987. He was also an actor in around 10 movies from 1971 to 1975. He was a famous action movie director. Khom was working with Hong Kong stars like David Chiang (in 1982's Phet Tad Yok) and making action films like The Mountain Lion - เสือภูเขา (1979) and พยัคฆ์ยี่เก (1983). Kom Akadej reached his peak in late 1970s and early 1980s. The Mountain Lion - เสือภูเขา (1979) movie remains famous for its kung fu scenes. This film was one of the first to mix elaborate stunt work and well choreographed fight scenes. He then switched to Thai TV serie direction. Kom Akadej was president of The committee of The Federation of National Film Association of Thailand in 1999-2002. Kom Akadej movies are difficult to find officially. Movies rights in Thailand belongs to Coliseum film (บริษัท โคลีเซี่ยมฟีล์ม), company of Kom Akadej. Up to now no VCD / DVD was released in Thailand with correct legal rights according to Thai law. Coliseum film company would sell the rights for all Kom Akadej’s movies and not only for a single movie. Some companies were only interested in one or a few titles but not the whole catalog, preventing any Kom Akadej movies releases to this day
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Thai action film directed by Kom Akkadej (Som Kit). It was made into a TV series which aired from Dec. 4, 2010 to Jan. 7, 2011.
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Featured on the cover of film historian Dome Sukwong's book "A Century of Thai Cinema", Tubtim Tone is a classic Thai film directed by Kom Akadej, and stars Bin Binluerit.
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In 1982, Thai film director Kom Akkadej managed to perform a real coup by getting two of the legends of Hong Kong action cinema, Norman Tsui Siu Keung and David Chiang Dai Wai of the Shaw Brothers studio to star in this film.
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Thai film director Kom Akkadej managed to perform a real coup by getting two of the legends of Hong Kong action cinema, Norman Tsui Siu Keung and David Chiang Dai Wai of the Shaw Brothers studio to star in this film.
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A young Hmong girl becomes a love interest for a hero played by Sorapong Chatree in one of his dozens of ethnic roles. When she isn't romping through grassy mountain meadows like Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, she's somersaulting and flip-flopping around, mowing down bad guys.
Hin, a monk who, one day receives a letter from his younger niece announcing that his parents have been killed by gangsters, their house burnt and cattle stolen.
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Hin, a monk who, one day receives a letter from his younger niece announcing that his parents have been killed by gangsters, their house burnt and cattle stolen.
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In order to really see justice done, Mai (Sombat Metanee) leave his work as a lawman, and funds his activities with some thievery of his own. Many elephants serve as co-stars in the action, as he achieves supremacy in crime but cannot escape his status as a wanted man. Eventually, pursued by criminals and the police alike, he takes his wife and children to Cambodia.
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Sombat Metanee stars as an army captain who teams up with a coalition of spook agencies to bust open a global heroin ring run by bad gangsters who think nothing of blowing up an army base to secure an opium route through the mountains.
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Thai film directed by Kom Akkadej and starring Sombat Metanee.
This ain't no circus! From the depths of Thai film history comes Kom Akadej’s forgotten masterpiece about cops, gangsters, a house-crushing story of love, and killer elephants! Who or what is killing rhinos in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Reserve? Killer Elephants reveals how human intervention drastically altered the behavior of male elephants, turning them uncharaceristically violent. This startling film reveals an unseen side to the docile creature we know, but also the consequences of the unnatural habitation of animals.
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This ain't no circus! From the depths of Thai film history comes Kom Akadej’s forgotten masterpiece about cops, gangsters, a house-crushing story of love, and killer elephants! Who or what is killing rhinos in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Reserve? Killer Elephants reveals how human intervention drastically altered the behavior of male elephants, turning them uncharaceristically violent. This startling film reveals an unseen side to the docile creature we know, but also the consequences of the unnatural habitation of animals.
A gangster wants to pull a bank heist, so he coerces some acquaintances into helping him. Meanwhile, a cop is searching for a means to bring down said gangster, who has always eluded arrest. The gangster's beautiful girlfriend, who's become a junkie under the gangster's nefarious influence, is smitten with the cop -- unaware of his profession and true motive for befriending her. Then there's a bunch of street fighting, some knives and guns, a guy who climbs over the edge of a high-rise, the same guy hanging out of the window of a speeding bus who then jumps from the bus to some hot chick's Jag, lots of striped clothing, and a red and black Toyota Celica. The film was later dubbed in English and released by Champion International Films Co LTD as "Billion Killers".
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A gangster wants to pull a bank heist, so he coerces some acquaintances into helping him. Meanwhile, a cop is searching for a means to bring down said gangster, who has always eluded arrest. The gangster's beautiful girlfriend, who's become a junkie under the gangster's nefarious influence, is smitten with the cop -- unaware of his profession and true motive for befriending her. Then there's a bunch of street fighting, some knives and guns, a guy who climbs over the edge of a high-rise, the same guy hanging out of the window of a speeding bus who then jumps from the bus to some hot chick's Jag, lots of striped clothing, and a red and black Toyota Celica. The film was later dubbed in English and released by Champion International Films Co LTD as "Billion Killers".
A Chinese businessman (ผู้จัดการ) (Boo Wibunnan) needs to give protection fee to the mafia.
A 1974 Thai film featuring Kom Akkadej's first role in an action movie, prior to starting up his own production company, Coliseum Films. It was later recreated as a TV Series, which began airing in 2013.
An early Thai film featuring Kom Akkadej before he became an established film director.
One of Kom Akkedej's first roles in a film, prior to him becoming an accomplished director.
A mysterious object falls in the sea and two Bangkok scientists travel to the South of Thailand to investigate. There, an alien creature is killing villagers at night. This is believed to be Thailand's first Science Fiction film.
