Meet the new thai-born action Yamada Samurai of Ayothaya where Muay Thai and samurai swords clash in death battle.
Seki Oseki, a Thailand-based actor and model, portrays the title character, Yamada Nagamasa, who lived from 1590 to 1630 and served in the courts of four kings during the reign of the Sukothai Dynasty in Ayutthaya. He was eventually granted a lordship and served as governor of Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Directed and executive produced by Nopporn Watin, who also promotes Muay Thai events, the Yamada Samurai of Ayothaya movie is made in celebration of 124 years of Thai-Japanese diplomatic relations.
Plot: YAMADA NAGAMASA, the young Samurai of Edo period, came to be a soldier in the Japanese volunteer regiment in Ayothaya. He fought against a group of Japanese who disguised themselves as the Hongsawadee soldiers and beset Ayothaya with troubles led by ﾓKuroda Toranagaﾔ. Yamada was critically injured and helped by a group of Thai warriors. They, later, vowed to be ﾓbosom friendsﾔ.
Yamada Samurai of Ayothaya was taken to the priest with talisman and incantation who imparted the knowledge of Thai boxing and fencing to him. Later on, Yamada and his friends passed the fighting recruitment held to select the masterful combatants to be the Royal guards of King Naresuan the Great, the heroic king who declared the independence from Hongsawadee. Yamada and his friends fought bravely against the enemies, which could please the king very much. However, he never forgot to take revenge on Kuroda, who had defamed the Japanese. Finally, he could successfully kill Kuroda but in exchange for the life of his ﾓfriendsﾔ.
Being deeply grateful for the kindness of the Ayothaya king and the friendship of the Siamese, the young Samurai was resolved that ﾓthis land was not my birthplace but where my soul would restﾔ.
source: enjoythaimovies
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