Yak: The Giant King

The Giant King
Thai theatrical release poster
Directed byPrapas Cholsaranont
Chaiporn Panichrutiwong
Written byPrapas Cholsaranont
Phanlop Sincharoen
Wirat Hengkongdee
Nutchapon Ruengrong
Mychal Simka (U.S. version)
Nathan Ciarlegglio (U.S. version)
Doug Davidson (U.S. version)
Story byPrapas Cholsaranont
Phanlop Sincharoen
Produced byPrapas Cholsaranont
StarringSantisuk Promsiri
Kreadtisuk Udomnak
Boribroon Junrieng
Weranut Tippayamontol
Pawanrat Naksuriya
Caninap Sirisawut
Udom Tarpanich
Nathan LaVelle
Edited byPrapas Cholsaranont
Music byJakkrapat Iamnoon
Production
companies
Workpoint Pictures
Sahamongkol Film International
Ittirit House
Superjeew Event Co.,Ltd.
Distributed bySahamongkol Film International (Thailand)
Liongate (United States)
Release date
  • October 4, 2012 (2012-10-04)
Running time
105 minutes
93 minutes (international version)
CountryThailand
LanguageThai
Budget100,000,000 Baht[1]
Box office$1,668,124

The Giant King (Thai: ยักษ์; RTGSYak; lit.'The Giant') (released as The Robot Giant in some countries and Yak in Thailand) is a 2012 Thai animated comic science fiction children's/family film starring Santisuk Promsiri, Kreadtisuk Udomnak, Boribroon Junrieng, Weranut Tippayamontol, Pawanrat Naksuriya, Caninap Sirisawut, Udom Tarpanich, Bawriboon Chanreuang, Nathan LaVelle, Santisuk Promsiri, Udom Taephanit, Kerttisak Udomnak and Chris Wegoda, directed by Prapas Cholsaranont and Chaiporn Panichrutiwong and distributed by Workpoint Picture. The story is a futuristic adaptation of the fable of Tosakan and Hanuman the Monkey King from the Thai version of the Ramayana, with robots for the main characters.[2]

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  2. ^ The Nation, "Animating an epic" Archived 2019-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, November 29, 2012