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King Naresuan II (2007) "Asian - Thailand".

Country: Thailand
Year: 2007
Genre: War / Period Drama / History

Language: Thai
Subtitles: English (srt)
Additional Subs: Dutch (srt)

Runtime: 158 minutes

Director: Chatrichalerm Yukol,
Cast: Wanchana Sawatdee, Jayanama Nopachai, Thaksawn Phaksukjaroen,


Synopsis:

Naresuan, born in 1555, was the son of King Maha Thammaracha by his chief queen, who was the daughter of King Maha Chakkraphat. He had been taken off to Burma as a hostage for his father's good behavior in 1564; he returned home in 1571 only when his sister was presented to King Bayinnaung.

Though Naresuan was then only 16 years old, his father sent him north to take charge of the Phitsanulok region, thereby maintaining the Sukhothai line's traditional claim on the manpower of that region. At the same time, Naresuan was officially designated uparat, heir-presumptive to the throne of Ayothaya. Over the next decade, he matured to power and demonstrated his great military capabilities in several actions against Cambodia. In the midst of Ayothaya's difficulties in 1581-82, the young prince was sent to Pegu to represent his father in paying homage to King Nanda Bayin, who had succeeded Bayinnaung at the end of 1581.

There he must have seen at first hand the factionalism and jockeying for power that soon threatened to shake the powerful Burmese Empire apart.

Legend has it that, in the course of that visit, Naresuan participated with his troops in a Burmese expedition against a Shan state and succeeded in taking a city after the Burmese crown prince and another prince had failed to do so. He thereby gained the jealous enmity of the crown prince, and the Ayothaya chronicle's accounts of the Thai-Burmese conflict that followed are enlivened by the personal rivalry and animosity between the two men.

Soon, relations between Pegu and Ayothaya worsened. In 1583, reports reached Naresuan that the Burmese were constructing a road toward Ayothaya; and in the following year, Naresuan was summoned to assist Nandabayin in a campaign against a rival prince in Ava. Naresuan complied and marched with his troops from Phitsanulok to the Mon region of the lower Salween River.

There he was informed that the Burmese planned to ambush and kill him. After rounding up captives in the region, he marched back to Phitsanulok and then moved down river to Ayothaya, bringing with him considerable numbers of men to bolster the defenses of the capital. Naresuan now clearly was in defiance of the Burmese court.

When a small force sent to punish him early in 1585 was easily repulsed, the Burmese sent vast expedition against Ayothaya in 1585-86 and 1586-87, but on both occasions Naresuan was able to withstand them. In the latter case, he also dealt successfully with a small Cambodian attack. Following the death of King Maha Thammaracha in June 1590, Naresuan formally became king of Ayothaya, perhaps appointing his younger brother Ekathotsarot as his junior co-ruler; soon thereafter the Burmese resumed their attacks.

Inhoud:

Als de volwassen Naresuan na jaren terugkeert naar zijn geboortestad, bevindt de stad zich in een machtsstrijd. Erfgenaam van de troon van Ayudhya probeert zich met alle macht staande te houden. Naresuan wordt op de proef gesteld en kan zijn kundigheid bewijzen door de Shan-staat te veroveren. Dit leidt tot moord en doodslag en als de koning wordt vermoord moet Naresuan direct het leiderschap overnemen.

Het ruim twee en een half uur durende "King Naresuan" speelt zich af tegen een historische achtergrond. Kenners van de Thaise geschiedenis zullen het verhaal in hoofdlijnen dan ook al kennen. Voor wie minder bekend is met dit stukje roerige geschiedenis, zal het even wennen zijn aan de vele personages en geografische benamingen. Desalniettemin is de film prima te volgen en biedt deze een interessant genoeg gegeven om te blijven kijken. Hoewel "King Naresuan" misschien geen uitblinker is, heeft regisseur Chatrichalerm Yukol zichzelf overtroffen en ook zeker een kwalitatieve titel neergezet. Geniet van mooi acteerwerk, een diversiteit aan kostuums, kleinere en grootse slagen, imposante instrumentale muziek, goed camerawerk en prachtige stukjes Thaise cultuur en natuur.


English:

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Dutch:

Voeg mijn "Tag" (falang01) toe, en je vind er meerdere Asian Movies in Divx met Engelse (en Soms NL) Subs.

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