Thailand Synopsis
เพชฌฆาต
“19 years, 55 lives, more than 500 bullets.”
Inspired by real events, The Last Executioner is the story of Chavoret Jaruboon, the last person in Thailand whose job it was to execute by gun. A rock musician who adored Elvis, but took a 'respectable' job to support the family he loved devotedly, and then constantly tried to reconcile the good and bad karma that came from this decision.
Drama + Crime in Thailand
14 Thailand titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Last Executioner itself).
The 2013–2015 Thailand Window
The Last Executioner holds position #7 of 27 Thailand films in the 2013–2015 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Thailand Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Thailand, 102 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Last Executioner premiered alongside 10 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 10 other Thailand films in 2014.
The 126th Thailand title from Thailand we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1974).
Our Thailand catalog contains 239 titles in total (190 films).
Audience Engagement
10 audience reviews — more than 8% of Thailand films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 5th percentile among Thailand films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Last Executioner, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- karma · 4
- executioner · 2
- corporal punishment · 2
- guitar player · 1
- guilt · 11
- biography · 75
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #78 of 239 Thailand films indexed here (67th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Thailand average of 6.3/10.
Among Thailand Drama productions specifically: #53 of 120 (top 44%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Thailand |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Thai |
| Production Companies | Tiger Productions, De Warrenne Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 35m |
| Release Date | July 3, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt2442670 |