Tom-Yum-Goong | |
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Directed by | Prachya Pinkaew |
Screenplay by | Napalee Piyaros Thongdee Joe Wannapin Kongdej Jaturanrasamee |
Story by | Prachya Pinkaew |
Produced by | Prachya Pinkaew Sukanya Vongsthapat |
Starring | Tony Jaa Petchtai Wongkamlao Bongkoj Khongmalai Jin Xing Johnny Tri Nguyen Nathan B. Jones Lateef Crowder Jonathan Patrick Foo |
Cinematography | Nattawut Kittikhun |
Edited by | Marut Seelacharoen |
Music by | Zomkiat Ariyachaipanich |
Production companies | Sahamongkol Baa-ram-ewe |
Distributed by | Sahamongkol Film International (Thailand)[1] The Weinstein Company (International)[2] |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Countries | Thailand Australia |
Languages | Thai English Mandarin Vietnamese Spanish |
Budget | $5 million |
Box office | $27 million |
Tom-Yum-Goong (Thai: ต้มยำกุ้ง, IPA: [tôm jam kûŋ]) is a 2005 Thai martial arts film directed by Prachya Pinkaew and stars Tony Jaa in the lead role. Pinkaew also directed Jaa's prior breakout film Ong-Bak. As with Ong-Bak, the fights were choreographed by Jaa and his mentor Panna Rittikrai.
The film was distributed as Warrior King in the United Kingdom, as The Protector in the United States, as Thai Dragon in Spain, as Revenge of the Warrior in Germany, and as Honor of the Dragon in Russia and CIS countries. In India, it was named as Haathi Mere Saathi from a name of another Bollywood film starring Rajesh Khanna.