Tuesday, May 6, 2008

The most popular Thai movie on YouTube right now is Chocolate (2008). Chocolate is the latest Thai martial arts movie from director Prachya Pinkaew with martial arts choreographed by Panna Rittikrai, the same pair behind Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong starring Tony Jaa. Chocolate stars Yanin Vismistananda aka "Jeeja" who has been training for years to prepare for this role as her debut. Jeeja is Thailand's new female martial arts star with amazing skills. In Chocolate she plays an autistic girl who's father is a Yakuza boss, and she goes on to develop martial arts skills by watching television, and from living next door to a Muay Thai academy. She then beats up Thai and Japanese gang members to collect debts to help pay her sick mother's cancer treatment bills.



You can watch this video at YouTube - Chocolate Thai Movie with English Subtitles.

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