Vichit Kounavudhi

Writing

Vichit Kounavudhi

Born — Died

1922-01-23 — 1997-01-01

Place of birth

Chachoengsao, Thailand

Known for

Writing

Credits

28 titles

Born in 1922 in Chachoengsao, Thailand, Vichit Kounavudhi graduated from Vajiravudh College in 1946 and started working as a journalist under the pen name Kunawut. He broke into film in 1950, when he was offered the villain's role in Fa Kamnod. From there, he worked as a screenwriter, writing the dialogue for an adaptation of Wannaboon Withayakom's Phrom Bandan. His first screenplay was Santi-Vina. In 1978 he wrote and directed the drama, My Dear Wife. Next he wrote and directed Mountain People, a docu-drama about Thailand's hill tribes. It is one of his best regarded films. But his most well-known, critically acclaimed film is 1982's A Son of the Northeast, which was shot in a similar docu…

Known for

Koet Pen Hong poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Koet Pen Hong

1966

Sai Sok poster
NR

After the death of Chao Khun Thirarat, who leaves his estate, including his house and Sai Sok Farm, to his adopted daughter Banyen, his wife, Khunying Thirarat, and their son Kitti devise a scheme to reclaim the inheritance. They arrange a marriage for Banyen and manipulate her into becoming pregnant. But the greed that drives them to such a sinister plan becomes the beginning of turmoil and long-buried secrets that have haunted the farm for years.

Sai Sok

1967

Top Secret poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Top Secret

1967

Mountain People poster
8.0

Customs of the mountain people has always been strict and respectful to themselves. Doing something wrong will be considered as being disrespect to the spirits. Marrying someone from a different tribe is also wrong. Giving birth to twins, she and her husband together with the kids will have to leave the tribe.

Mountain People

1979

My Dear Wife poster
6.0

Aniruth is married and has two children, but he is a womanizer. Centers on the rivalry between a legitimate wife and her husband's mistresses, set against a backdrop of rising middle-class prosperity and social ambition.

My Dear Wife

1977

The Bandit poster
NR

A beautiful young woman from the capital flees after committing a crime and heads to a remote backwater, hoping to seek refuge with her uncle. On the journey, she and a young doctor traveling on the same bus are captured by a band of outlaws. It is soon revealed that the gang’s leader abducted the doctor to treat his beloved wife, who is gravely ill. While held captive, the young woman and the doctor secretly plot their escape, aided by the bandit chief’s wife, who also longs to break free. When the opportunity finally arises, the three flee together, leaving the furious bandit leader to launch a relentless manhunt across the countryside.

The Bandit

1961

Film credits

Behind the camera

Koet Pen Hong poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Koet Pen Hong

1966

Sai Sok poster
NR

After the death of Chao Khun Thirarat, who leaves his estate, including his house and Sai Sok Farm, to his adopted daughter Banyen, his wife, Khunying Thirarat, and their son Kitti devise a scheme to reclaim the inheritance. They arrange a marriage for Banyen and manipulate her into becoming pregnant. But the greed that drives them to such a sinister plan becomes the beginning of turmoil and long-buried secrets that have haunted the farm for years.

Sai Sok

1967

Sai Sok poster
NR

After the death of Chao Khun Thirarat, who leaves his estate, including his house and Sai Sok Farm, to his adopted daughter Banyen, his wife, Khunying Thirarat, and their son Kitti devise a scheme to reclaim the inheritance. They arrange a marriage for Banyen and manipulate her into becoming pregnant. But the greed that drives them to such a sinister plan becomes the beginning of turmoil and long-buried secrets that have haunted the farm for years.

Sai Sok

1967

Top Secret poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Top Secret

1967

Top Secret poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Top Secret

1967

Mountain People poster
8.0

Customs of the mountain people has always been strict and respectful to themselves. Doing something wrong will be considered as being disrespect to the spirits. Marrying someone from a different tribe is also wrong. Giving birth to twins, she and her husband together with the kids will have to leave the tribe.

Mountain People

1979

Mountain People poster
8.0

Customs of the mountain people has always been strict and respectful to themselves. Doing something wrong will be considered as being disrespect to the spirits. Marrying someone from a different tribe is also wrong. Giving birth to twins, she and her husband together with the kids will have to leave the tribe.

Mountain People

1979

My Dear Wife poster
6.0

Aniruth is married and has two children, but he is a womanizer. Centers on the rivalry between a legitimate wife and her husband's mistresses, set against a backdrop of rising middle-class prosperity and social ambition.

My Dear Wife

1977

My Dear Wife poster
6.0

Aniruth is married and has two children, but he is a womanizer. Centers on the rivalry between a legitimate wife and her husband's mistresses, set against a backdrop of rising middle-class prosperity and social ambition.

My Dear Wife

1977

The Bandit poster
NR

A beautiful young woman from the capital flees after committing a crime and heads to a remote backwater, hoping to seek refuge with her uncle. On the journey, she and a young doctor traveling on the same bus are captured by a band of outlaws. It is soon revealed that the gang’s leader abducted the doctor to treat his beloved wife, who is gravely ill. While held captive, the young woman and the doctor secretly plot their escape, aided by the bandit chief’s wife, who also longs to break free. When the opportunity finally arises, the three flee together, leaving the furious bandit leader to launch a relentless manhunt across the countryside.

The Bandit

1961

The Bandit poster
NR

A beautiful young woman from the capital flees after committing a crime and heads to a remote backwater, hoping to seek refuge with her uncle. On the journey, she and a young doctor traveling on the same bus are captured by a band of outlaws. It is soon revealed that the gang’s leader abducted the doctor to treat his beloved wife, who is gravely ill. While held captive, the young woman and the doctor secretly plot their escape, aided by the bandit chief’s wife, who also longs to break free. When the opportunity finally arises, the three flee together, leaving the furious bandit leader to launch a relentless manhunt across the countryside.

The Bandit

1961

Miss Phorakot poster
NR

Poradok Sakuna is a young woman caught in a tangle of greed and betrayal. Her stepfather's sister, coveting her inheritance, arranges for her nephew to marry Poradok by force - despite him already having a secret wife. Meanwhile, Poradok's mother Khunying Phin is having an affair with the family lawyer.

Miss Phorakot

1965

Boon Rawd poster
8.0

Boon Rawd, a feisty young woman returns to her hometown to seek solace and work after she is violated by her employer. Back home, she realises many women have out of financial desperation become rent wives for the American soldiers at the military airbase near her village.

Boon Rawd

1985

Boon Rawd poster
8.0

Boon Rawd, a feisty young woman returns to her hometown to seek solace and work after she is violated by her employer. Back home, she realises many women have out of financial desperation become rent wives for the American soldiers at the military airbase near her village.

Boon Rawd

1985

Forever Yours poster
7.0

A forbidden love story of Yupadee and Sangmong who believe that love is forever. Yupadee is a beautiful lady who married to Papho, an old but wealthy man who owns the Camp Wood in Kampangpetch province.

Forever Yours

1955

Miss Poradok poster
NR

A young girl was born into a noble family and lived a rich life. After her father passed away, Pin, her mother remarries to Mr. Arthon Hengkul, a young businessman with stepdaughter. He always loves and cares for her. One day, her new father died. Abchit, Mr. Arthon's sister do not agree with the treasure that she and her mother receive. Out of jealousy, she conspires with Arthon's second son hoping to make her a wife. Meanwhile, she goes to stay with her friend Sai Samorn. Here, she meets and falls in love with Son Thongprai, a handsome lawyer farmer.

Miss Poradok

1965

Miss Poradok poster
NR

A young girl was born into a noble family and lived a rich life. After her father passed away, Pin, her mother remarries to Mr. Arthon Hengkul, a young businessman with stepdaughter. He always loves and cares for her. One day, her new father died. Abchit, Mr. Arthon's sister do not agree with the treasure that she and her mother receive. Out of jealousy, she conspires with Arthon's second son hoping to make her a wife. Meanwhile, she goes to stay with her friend Sai Samorn. Here, she meets and falls in love with Son Thongprai, a handsome lawyer farmer.

Miss Poradok

1965

A Son of the Northeast poster
8.0

A historical drama set in the 1930s Isan province Thailand, telling the travails of a small clan of subsistence farmers and their village as a particularly bad drought reduces them to bush living.

A Son of the Northeast

1982

A Son of the Northeast poster
8.0

A historical drama set in the 1930s Isan province Thailand, telling the travails of a small clan of subsistence farmers and their village as a particularly bad drought reduces them to bush living.

A Son of the Northeast

1982

Santi-Vina poster
6.3

Set in a picturesque rural area, Santi-Vina is a story of doomed romance between a blind man and a beautiful girl, with a Buddhist element in the mix.

Santi-Vina

1954

The Houseboat poster
NR

A remake of well known story… Three men and the woman who comes between them. The men, all struggling in early adulthood, share a floating bamboo hut on the river. The woman Penh is the daughter of the boys' landlord, and the likely fiancee of law student Jane. The brash, alpha-male Kaew is a Muay Thai fighter. And there's Rin a singer. All the guys have an eye on Penh, and Penh clearly adores the attentions of them all.

The Houseboat

1989

Water Erodes Sand poster
NR

This film is based on a novel by Kritsana Asoksin, published in Satrisan magazine between 1969 and 1970. It tells the story of Phim and Wannree, a couple living with their two growing children. When Pudkrong, a young widow who is Wannree's best friend, becomes close to them and has an affair with Phim, their once peaceful family falls apart. It has been adapted into numerous films and television dramas.

Water Erodes Sand

1973

Mae Sri Prai poster
NR

The story of a young woman named Konthong who was kidnapped by a young man named Inthon on her wedding night and taken to be detained in a Karen village.

Mae Sri Prai

1971

Mae Sri Prai poster
NR

The story of a young woman named Konthong who was kidnapped by a young man named Inthon on her wedding night and taken to be detained in a Karen village.

Mae Sri Prai

1971

Pah Kammathep poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pah Kammathep

1976

Charming Bangkok poster
NR

Prae, a young man from Ban Sala Kwian, is fascinated by the prosperity of Bangkok. He escapes ordination, which devotes to his parents. And also avoids marrying Sabai, a rural girl chosen by her parents, to go to Bangkok. Bangkok causing Prae to be disappointed because he only met people with unkindness including a Bangkok girl that Prae love. Even faced with gangsters try to snatch the Buddha statue, which Prae brought with him, so he had to become a boxer.

Charming Bangkok

1966

Charming Bangkok poster
NR

Prae, a young man from Ban Sala Kwian, is fascinated by the prosperity of Bangkok. He escapes ordination, which devotes to his parents. And also avoids marrying Sabai, a rural girl chosen by her parents, to go to Bangkok. Bangkok causing Prae to be disappointed because he only met people with unkindness including a Bangkok girl that Prae love. Even faced with gangsters try to snatch the Buddha statue, which Prae brought with him, so he had to become a boxer.

Charming Bangkok

1966