Yamada: Samurai of Ayothaya

2010 [THAI]

Action / Drama / History

13
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 1457 1.5K

Plot summary

Based on a true historic figure, Yamada Nagamasa, a Japanese adventurer who went to Ayothaya in the 16th century and became a soldier in King Naresuan's army. After the war in Burma it's restless in Ayothaya, because of a mysterious group of men that terrorizes and plunders the city. Yamada goes after them and discovers that the men are rebelious Japanese samurai. Now he has to fight his own countrymen.

Director

Nopporn Watin Photo
Nopporn Watin

Top cast

Bin Bunluerit Photo
Bin Bunluerit
Seigi Ozeki Photo
Seigi Ozeki as Yamada Nagamasa
Thanawut Ketsaro Photo
Thanawut Ketsaro as Khaam
Simon Kook Photo
Simon Kook
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837.33 MB
1280*682
Thai 2.0
NR
Subtitles th  
23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
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1.68 GB
1920*1024
Thai 5.1
NR
Subtitles th  
23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lotekguy-1 6 / 10

Split decision

Just because a heroic saga is based in history doesn't mean it's going to be interesting. The narrative of a severely injured Japanese warrior being healed in body and spirit by the kind and wise residents of a Thai village is slow and tedious for a Muay Thai action flick. If you're looking for lots of soothing flutes, pastoral visuals and calm voice-overs of basic moralizing, you'll find plenty. For those less patient, there's still a big payoff. There is a smattering of one-on-one training bouts that are high on style and energy. In the latter half we are treated to two mass fight sequences replete with all the swordplay and hand combat one might hope for. The penultimate battle in daylight by a river is among the most exciting, bloody, superbly choreographed of its kind in all of Asian martial arts fare, vintage and current. My rating of 6 is a split between 4 for the excessive amount of calm setup, and 9 for the too-sparse, yet glorious, action.
Reviewed by brodoxfoxx 7 / 10

7 Stars only for Buakaw, If no Buakaw I would give 1 star

The only good thing in this movie is Buakaw Banchamek, enough said. The action scenes with Buakaw in it is very good but story and the lead character are crap. Watched it only because of Buakaw. Buakaw is my favorite Muay Thai fighter ever. The plot is simple and the story is crap. I would say if you take Buakaw as the lead character the movie would have been a whole lot better than this.Under average movie about the morals of fighters, what a true fighter respects and how he confronts the death issue. The story and acting scenes could have been better. Hope you enjoy it the same as i did.
Reviewed by Remmington_steel 5 / 10

An Alright Retelling

The show is based on a real person Yamada Nagamasa. He was a Japanese samurai who has lost his Lord and has therefore signed on to be a mercenary in Thailand during the Ayothaya era. At first he stays in the Japanese camp with the other Mercenaries. There is a plot to build unrest in the countryside and his group is responsible for stopping it. He learns that it is some Japanese that are behind the unrest. For this knowledge he is almost killed, but saved by some Thai warriors and taken back to their village. There he finds the purpose that he's lacking.There are some flaws in the movie, some of the dialog is a bit childish. There is a bit of our martial arts is the best martial arts. However that is not the purpose of the movie. The movie is to show how this person of Japanese decent became a citizen of Thailand and ended up making this his home until he died there in 1633.
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