Thailand Synopsis
บางระจัน
“Fighting for friends. Fighting for families. Fighting for freedom. Fighting for their lives.”
Set right before the fall of Thailand's old capital, Ayuttaya, Bang Rajan draws on the legend of a village of fighters who bravely fended off the Burmese armies. With no support from the Royal army, the villagers drives the invading Burmese away many times until their names have become legendary during the time. As each subsequent battles becomes fiercer, the villagers tries to forge a canon to battle the enemy in a final battle where everyone, women and children included, die in combat.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Bang Rajan. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1999–2001 Thailand Window
Bang Rajan holds position #7 of 12 Thailand films in the 1999–2001 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Thailand Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Thailand, 76 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Bang Rajan premiered alongside 4 others.
Action + History in Thailand
5 Thailand titles in our catalog blend the Action and History genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Bang Rajan itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 4 other Thailand films in 2000.
The 10th Thailand title from Thailand we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1974).
Our Thailand catalog contains 239 titles in total (190 films).
Audience Engagement
31 audience reviews — more than 62% of Thailand films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 49th percentile among Thailand films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Bang Rajan, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- rice · 5
- massachusetts · 5
- leader · 4
- burma · 4
- battlefield · 4
- atrocity · 2
- cannon · 2
- impalement · 2
- severed head · 2
- wound · 1
- gun · 22
- pregnancy · 22
- dream · 18
- army · 17
- alcoholic · 14
- massacre · 13
- explosion · 13
- resistance · 11
- monk · 10
- river · 10
- general · 8
- decapitation · 8
- dismemberment · 6
- thailand · 56
- sword fight · 56
- village · 46
- death · 43
- sword · 36
- battle · 34
- loss of loved one · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #122 of 239 Thailand films indexed here (49th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Thailand Action productions specifically: #20 of 58 (top 34%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Thailand |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Thai |
| Production Companies | Film Bangkok, BEC-TERO Entertainment |
| Runtime | 1h 53m |
| Release Date | December 29, 2000 |
| IMDb | tt0284880 |