Legend of Sudsakorn (Thai: สุดสาคร) is a 2006 Thai fantasy film. It is based on a story from Phra Aphai Mani, an epic poem by Sunthorn Phu. Charlie Trairat, the young male lead from Fan Chan, portrays the title character, a boy who is the son of a mermaid who is sent on a magical quest to find his father, a prince. It is a mix of live action and computer-generated imagery. Image File history File links Flag_of_Thailand. ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. ... Sunthorn Phu (or Sunthon Phu, 1786–1855) is Thailands best-known poet. ... Fan Chan (Thai: แฟนฉัน, English: My Girl) is a 2003 Thai film offering a nostalgic look back at the childhood friendship of a boy and girl growing up in a small town in Thailand in the 1980s. ... A mermaid (from the Middle English mere in the obsolete sense sea (as in maritime, the Latin mare, sea) + maid(en)) is a legendary aquatic creature with the head and torso of human female and the tail of a fish. ... Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is the application of the field of computer graphics (or more specifically, 3D computer graphics) to special effects. ...

The story was previously adapted in the 1979 Thai animated feature, The Adventure of Sudsakorn. Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. ... The Adventure of Sudsakorn (Thai: , also The Adventure of Sud Sakorn, Sudsakhorn Adventure or Soodsakorn) is at 1979 Thai animated fantasy film. ...

Cast

• Charlie Trairat as Sudsakorn
• Suchao Pongwilai as Prachao Ta
• Pemanee Sungkorn as Sudsakorn's mother
• Surachai Sangarkart as Prince Aphai Mani

External links

• Official site
• Sudsakorn at the Internet Movie Database
• MovieSeer synopsis