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MONEY
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Shot for just $4.8M â micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Chocolate
"She's sweet but deadly."
2008 1h 33m TH
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Synopsis
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Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.
âShe's sweet but deadly.â
Cast
JeeJa Yanin
Zen
Hiroshi Abe
Masashi
Pongpat Wachirabunjong
No. 8
Taphon Phopwandee
Mangmoom
Ammara Siripong
Zin
Dechawut Chuntakaro
Priscilla
Hiro Sano
Ryo
Aroon Wanasbodeewong
Ice Factory Owner - Iceman
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Prachya Pinkaew
- Writers
- Napalee, Chookiat Sakveerakul
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Thai
- Countries
- Thailand
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Fun facts ðŋ
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ERA
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Released 18 years ago.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Japanese, Thai.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Prachya Pinkaew, shot by Decha Srimantra. Note their partnership â DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Korrakot Sittivash. Worth a dedicated listen after â most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Rashane Limtrakul shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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JeeJa Yanin and Hiroshi Abe and Pongpat Wachirabunjong carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "She's sweet but deadly.".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Prachya Pinkaew directs. Decha Srimantra behind the camera. Korrakot Sittivash scores. Rashane Limtrakul cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Thailand. Dialogue in English, Japanese, Thai.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $4.8M â micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Released 18 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Japanese, Thai.
- 4Directed by Prachya Pinkaew, shot by Decha Srimantra. Note their partnership â DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Korrakot Sittivash. Worth a dedicated listen after â most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Rashane Limtrakul shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7JeeJa Yanin and Hiroshi Abe and Pongpat Wachirabunjong carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "She's sweet but deadly.".
- 9IMDB entry: tt1183252 â still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Classified under 9 themes, including "autism", "yakuza", "thailand", "gang".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Decha Srimantra
- Original score
- Korrakot Sittivash
- Editing
- Rashane Limtrakul
- Runtime
- 93 min · 1h 33m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4,800,000
- Original language
- TH
- IMDB
- Chocolate (2008)
Also by
Prachya Pinkaew
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- BA
Bam-Ram-Ewe
Sahamongkolfilm
TH
Key crew
- ProducerAkarapol Techaratanaprasert
- ProducerPrachya Pinkaew
- ProducerPanna Rittikrai
- Executive ProducerSomsak Techaratanaprasert
- EditorRashane Limtrakul
- EditorPop Surasakuwat
- SoundSuttisak Sittjit
- Production DesignerRatchata Panpayak
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- autism
- yakuza
- thailand
- gang
- debt
- female martial artist
- martial arts school
- sick mother
- mob
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2008-09-20
Also known as
International titles
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