ExclusiveThai film director Bangjong Pisantanakung; Mediaworking with Korean producers to help with future psychological fears this.
The project was established as a collaboration between Korea and Thailand and is produced by Louis Tae Wang Kim through photographs of Seoul-based Banner Lewis. Solaire Partners of Korea, a subsidiary of K Wave Media, is one of the investors, and Thailand’s GDH 559 is engaged as a co-production partner.
The story focuses on married Korean men traveling to Thailand on business trips. He falls for a mysterious Thai woman and knows that their encounter will cause him to fall into an unimaginable nightmare.
Banjong is working with a team of Korean and Thai writers in the scripting stage. It is a contemporary effort by Nantani, a female Thai spirit that is said to haunt wild banana trees. The story features Korean and Thai characters.
“I wanted to adapt the Nantani legend for a long time, but I couldn’t find the right angle until I imagined the Korean character getting into the story,” says Bang Jung. “That shift opened up a new perspective and allowed me to reinterpret folklore in ways I think have never been done before.”
Previous Horror Movies by Bangjong Media Co-produced by GDH and Korean filmmaker Na Hong-Jin, it achieved a huge box office success in Korea and Asia in 2021. this Marks a second collaboration with the territory.
South Korea’s Kim previously produced Jason Yoo sleeppremiered in Cannes week in 2023, Hong Ewjongs Voice of Silenceboth supported by Solare Partners and Bong Joon Ho okja
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