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| Directed by | Payut Ngaokrachang |
| Written by | Payut Ngaokrachang (?) Sunthorn Phu (main character) |
| Release dates | April 13, 1979 (Thailand) |
| Running time | 82 min |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai |
The Adventure of Sudsakorn (Thai: ???), also known as The Adventure of Sud Sakorn, is the only Thai cel-animated film ever made. It was directed by Payut Ngaokrachang and released in Thailand on Songkran Day, April 13, 1979. Since then, it has ocassionally been seen at film festivals around the world. It is not currently known to be available on DVD or video - if it is, please edit this page.
Plot
Ngaokrachang chose to animate the story of "Sud Sakorn" a character from Phra Aphai Mani, a 30,000-line epic written by Thailand's best-known poet, Sunthorn Phu.
Template:Spoilers Sud Sakorn, the son of a mermaid and a musician, fights on different occasions, an elephant, shark, and dragon horse, and encounters in his meanderings a king, a hermit, a yogi, a magic wand, and ghosts. Template:Endspoilers
Background
Production started in 1976 and was plagued with shortages of capital, personnel and equipment. For the first six months, the crew had 100 workers, but by the second year their numbers were reduced to nine.
"I made a lot of my equipment from pieces I got from junk of World War II military surplus," Payut told writer John A. Lent. "I'd find a screw here, a crank there, etc. I used a combat camera and adapted it. I pulled together pieces of wood, aluminum, whatever I could find."
The intense, detailed work on Sudsakorn impaired Payut's eyesight. "I did all the key drawings myself, even the layout and design ... I was almost blind from doing that film and now I wear contacts. My right eye is long, my left is short, crooked because of all that detailed work."
Awards
References
- Lent, John A. (April 1997). "A Screw Here, a Crank There". Animation World Magazine, Issue 2.1.
- Danutra, Pattara and Himes, Robert (January 1, 2004). "Payut Ngaokrachang: The Master of Thai Animations", Thai Film Foundation.