Santisuk Promsiri
Birthday: Born in 1963-08-06 in Tha Chang District, Sing Buri, Thailand
Deathday: Alive
Noom Santisuk Promsiri is a Thai actor, host, and former superstar during the 1980s. He is married to Looktharn Nichakarn
TV Credits
ข้าบดินทร์
Character: Chief of Samut Prakan
Ka Badin, which takes place in the era of King Nang Klao, the third reign (after King Rama II). The story sets around the period when England (known as Wilat at the time) enters into a commercial partnership role with Thailand, and this historical fact plays as a backbone to the plot of this drama....
คิวบิก
Character: San Gui
Ruthainak (Chalida Vijitvongthong) is the smart, resilient, sharp-tongued younger sister. Her older sister, Nunthaka (Selina Pearce), is beautiful, but spoiled and sheltered. In financial difficulties, the girls' father asks a member of the Hong Kong mafia, Lin Lang Sur (Tanin Manoonsilp), for a large loan. He pledges Nunthaka as collateral to secure the debt. Panicked when he is unable to repay the money, he flees with Nunthaka. When Ruthainak is taken to Hong Kong to confront the furious mafio...
4 หัวใจแห่งขุนเขา
Character: Montree
This is Ch.3's biggest project as a Ch.3 40 years celebration. It's a lakorn serie consisting of 4 separate but intertwining lakorns: "Thara Himalai", "Duangjai Akkanee", "Pathapee Leh Ruk", and "Wayupak Montra". It is based from a series of 4 books by the same name and uses the same casts for all 4 lakorns. The 4 lakorns can be separated into different pages, but I think it's better to leave them all in the same page because they're part of one single series....
แผนร้ายพ่ายรัก
Character: Phisut
Love can not be proven by a game, love is proven by sincerity. Her special talent is to charm men into falling in love with her. She is like a love tester, if you want to know if your boyfriend is sincere and won’t stray, you request her services. Mostly she does this for her friends. Full time, she is a flight attendant. When her boss learns of her talents, she is hired to seduce her boss’s son from his wayward girlfriend and bankrupt his pig farm in order for him to come work for the airline ...
ต้นรักริมรั้ว
Character: Yothsaputh (Kob's father)
Who would have thought Nalin would be married 3 times? Not with any random guy but to her best friend Kob. He lives next door and they had been friend since childhood. First time, they got married to please his dying grandma. It only lasted 7 days. They got divorced right after grandma passed away. Many years passed. They were still best friends. Nalin needed to get married to somebody in order to get a promotion at work. She didn't have anybody. So she asked for his hand in marriage. This time ...
รหัสทรชน
Character: Thayu
Singha is a head police inspector who is responsible for the Presidents safety. He falls in love with Matsaya, who is a member of Samisga and has been given the task to kill the President....
เขยบ้านไร่สะใภ้ไฮโซ
Character: Nak
Chom is being forced by her mother to marry someone of her mother’s choosing. Chom doesn’t want to and wants to be able to choose for herself who she will marry. She meets a country bumpkin named Nin and they enter into a fake marriage to prevent Chom’s mother from making her marry someone else. Will this fake marriage turn into real love?...
เพลิงนรี
Character: Kanin
Risa is the illegitimate daughter of Kanin Buraphakiet. She was forced to flee to Trigis with her mother by the hands of her father’s family. In Trigis, her mother married King Ra-Il and she became Princess Pririsa of Trigis but she could never forgive or forget her past. Seeing her mother suffer injuries from the actions of her father’s family and how the culprits are living happy and comfortable, she decides to return to Thailand to seek justice by disguising herself as Risa, an employee at Bu...
Who Are You เธอคนนั้นคือฉันอีกคน
Character: Leng
After an enduring vicious bullying, orphaned student, Mind, will attempts to take her life in hopes of escaping her problems. Miraculously, she was survives with the loss of all memory and wakes up with a new life as she takes on the identity of Meen....
เรือมนุษย์
Character: Phlao
Dum is the uncle of Chaiyaporn, he takes care of his nephew because his brother doesn't have time. Then his nephew gets a girl pregnant. He must be involved with this as a parent. He meets Nitima, aunt of that girl, and falls in love with her because of her kind and smart personality. Nitima is the aunt of Pimrot, she has to do housework and take care of her niece at the same time. She handles everything about her niece's unexpected pregnancy. Kiaw is a girl who grew up in the slum, she's uned...
รักหมดใจ
Character: Pratheep [Day's father]
Day and Min fell in love despite their social difference. Soon, they were engaged to be married. However, their happy union was shattered when he discovered that her philanthropic father was the driver who killed his mother in a hit and run years ago and the cause of his father's suicide on their wedding day. The devastated Day chose to disappear rather than exposing the crime committed by Min's father. When he resurfaced years later Min had to choose either moving on with her life as he did wit...
เพื่อเธอ
Character: Prapas
Chanon is a responsible, enthusiastic and hardworking young man. He is at his milestone of life, facing a career promotion and becoming the head of a factory. However, Atibed is jealous of his career growth and is determined to get back what he deserves. One day, Chanon meets Antika and their relationship is blessed by her father. Threatened by Chanon’s success, Atibed frames him and he is sent to prison. When Chanon is released, everything has changed except the love between him and Antika. Wit...
หลังคาใบบัว
Character: Thiwa
In the "Lilypad House," a small run-down house, lives Simala, a young woman who is raised to be ambitious. It is full of warmth and love despite its poor state. However, Simala still yearns to relocate to a presentable new house for her and her family and she hopes to find a man who is capable of changing her life for the better. "Warodom," a young good-looking man with an ambiguous lineage, also hopes to attract the attention of a beautiful socialite. Both Simala and Warodom share a common goal...
เมื่อวันฟ้าเปลี่ยนสี
Character: Ying
A day before the wedding, Chan goes to see Ying and offers him her virginity. Ying declines for the sake of true love. Before they depart, Ying slashes himself and writes a letter in his blood blessing Chan and confirms her of his steadfast love....
สัมผัสรัตติกาล
Character: Thuaythep
Jan is a 19-year-old girl who was born with a special touch. She can see the death of every person she touches. Every touch and embrace is forbidden for her all her life. Not even her mom could hold her. Her life is under the control of Aunt Chaba, who uses her talents as a way to make a living with the superstition of the villagers....
แม่ค้าขนมหวาน
Character: Nart
Baipai is an engineer girl but she likes to dress as a guy so many people often misunderstand that she is a guy. She's good at martial art because she has been trained by her uncle, the former Muay Thai champion. However, she's also good at cooking food and making desserts because she has been trained to do it since she was a kid by her grandmother and aunt. She quits her engineering job because she has problems with her boss. So, she gets the idea to open her own Thai dessert shop. One day, d...
สายเลือดสองหัวใจ
Character: Chatchai
Two brothers who don’t see eye to eye must work together to solve their father’s murder while struggling to sort out a love triangle they have for one girl....
สุดรักสุดดวงใจ
Character: Suk
After loosing his wife and baby, a man finds a baby boy and raises him. The lakorn slowly shows the relationship and the difficulties for the both of them, from alcohol addiction to being bullied....
รักนี้บุญรักษา
Character: Jam
When the young man was honest I had to leave to take care of my grandmother. But he inherited a dormitory from his grandfather. So he had to turn to take care of business. Ready to be a drunkard With an arrogant young woman Stories of tenant chaos occur every day. The same goes for all the plans of evil relatives who want to seize this land. So he had to use Dhamma and have her help him solve the problem. Until love gradually builds up in the end....
ภารกิจลิขิตหัวใจ
Character: Annop
Taechat is a good looking and good-hearted guy. He works for a charity fund where he bumps into and meets super star Jarawee. Jarawee has a crush on Pawin, who’s also a star of the same entertainment company. A car accident changed their fates, however. With the grim reaper’s help, Jarawee does not enter the reincarnation cycle. Taechat is the only one who can see her spirit and hence accompanies her to investigate into her death. That’s how their love begins, but what should they do next with t...
ดาวเรือง
Character: Poo Yai Pan
Jin is a newly enthusiastic, inexperienced Deputy (Bpalat) from Bangkok who gets stationed in the countryside. This particular village is a tough gig, not many Bpalats have survived it for more than a couple of months. But Bpalat Jin is up for the challenge. The village is still backwards in their ways and is run by a bunch of ruffians. There are two opposing groups, Poo Yai’s son and Dao Rueng, a tricky girl who is always trying to pick a fight with Jin. He gets entrenched in their warfare. But...
ชิงรัก ริษยา
Character: Wichian Phatcharachotinan
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แอลโอแอล ชีวิตคิดบวก
Character: Panu
Dawit, a young musician with excellent guitar playing skills, whose life took a twist when he had to become a teacher at a high school. Every student is mischievous, naughty, and difficult to deal with. But Dawit doesn't give up because he has a way of teaching children with his own unique style, unlike other teachers. Plus, he has "Pun", the school's most handsome basketball player, and "Praew", a talented student, who always help and encourage him....
ขมิ้นกับปูน
Character: Praya-apibanbamrung
During the year 1943, Thailand had undergone both societal and political changes. However, one thing that never changed over time was the hatred between Praya-apibanbamrung and Prawijitsinpakarn's families. One reason was due to Praya-apibanbamrung's mother running away with Prawijit's father. This brought disgrace upon Praya-apibanbamrung's family. Praya-apibanbamrung's family have one son, Pranithit-Rukthamasathit, and three daughters: Prik, Champa, and Peep. The family's grandchildren, which ...
ฟ้ามีตะวัน
Character: Paramee
The story follows a young businessman, Paul who plans to get back Crown Diamond, the company once owned by his mother. He is determined to take revenge and retrieve everything from the father who abandoned him and his mother to live with his new wife Netselao and the adopted daughter Nainapha , who took the love from his father. He charmed his stepmother's trust only to find out that all the bad things in the family were caused by her and her lover Singkorn and Nainapha was just a victim, just l...
เจ้าพ่อ
Character: Thep
In this clash of dark faith, who wins: between the seasoned elder, and the young, with vengeance?...
หวานใจผู้ใหญ่จอม
Character:
When he gets tangled up with a mafia boss's son's girlfriend and ends up in a scuffle, young Yothin needs to find a safe place. Instead of sending him overseas, his father decides to send him to the countryside! There, he stays in Bang Pho under the care of subdistrict headman, a close friend of his father. He's also under the watchful eye of the village headman who happens to be the subdistrict headman's grandson and is overseeing his probation. As Yothin spends more time with Jomkhwan, his per...
Movie Credits
Born to Fight
Character: Lorfei
When a remote Thai village is overrun by terrorists armed with a nuclear missile, an elite undercover operative leads the most unique fighting force ever assembled in a heroic bid to save their nation....
U & ME 2
Character: Ton
X's body is once possessed by a female gender. So this time, his friends have an important duty to prove and show to the world that he really is a man, but most of the time the method and technique of proving create some misunderstandings, especially to the girl he has a crush on for a long time....
Hor Hue Hue
Character: Chaithong
An old faculty college built once used as a temporary hospital during the Second World War II is full of spirits and ghosts from the past and is under the control of an evil-minded building custodian. The action starts when a group of students try to be ghost-busters....
Thong Prakai Saed
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The story is about Thong Prakai, a girl who went to live in Bangkok in search for a better life. She gets envolved with several men, using them as a ladder to become rich and luxurious....
Rahtree Reborn
Character: Phob
Buppha is reincarnated as a young girl who is deserted by her mother to the stepfather barber. With anger, he often beats her. She turns to be a problem child who also does not get along with classmates....
Nang Eye
Character: Thip
This is the story of a young girl who goes to an overseas convent school. She is very out-going, happy, playful and sometimes quite daring. One of her close friends has to quit school because of the financial situation at home. She asks for help from Tanathip who works as officer at the Thai embassy. Kumphol, the son of her father’s friend secretly falls in love with her....
Mean Teacher
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The story of a dedicated teacher who devoted herself not only to teach her student in various subjects, but also preach everyone to abide to her strict rules to keep everything in perfect order....
Hit Man File
Character: Chat
Tantai, a smart hit man is hired to silence some powerful godfathers who are linked to a business case. One of the major targets is Lheemeng, a big drug agent who's feuding with village chief Baum. Also involved a misled soldier named Sompong, who is an old enemy of Tantai. Meanwhile, Detective Chat is secretly watching it all, waiting for his time to clean up the outlaws....
Jan Dara
Character: Luang Wissanandacha
Jan is a boy growing up in 1930s Siam in a wealthy, dysfunctional family where sex has a huge impact on everyone's lives. Jan is viewed by his father as cursed, since his mother died giving birth to him....
Relatives
Character: Aran
Pim has a large family with lots of relatives, most of them stick around expecting a share in the family’s will. Pim is being forced to marry someone, but she refuses and decides to move to school down south. In school she meets Alan, after a while both really fall in love with each other....
Rahtree Revenge
Character: Phob
Local police are alerted to a notorious gangster's whereabouts, and they will not enter the apartment because it is haunted by Buppha Rahtree and a knife-wielding mini-Buppha....
The Giant King
Character: Kiew (voice)
Waking up 1 million years after a great war, a giant robot finds himself inseparably chained to a tiny robot, so they begin a quest to find the creator of all robots....
Promise
Character: Sarin
Sarin has been friend with Chalanda since they were small until they grow up. Sarin joins the military but comes home often. Chalanda marries a military officer for the sake of her parents, but she cannot stand the cruelty of her husband. Sarin has to interfere....
Satang
Character: Phrom
Just after World War II ends a train carrying freshly minted banknotes in wooden cases leaves Hat Yai for Bangkok. Soon after it leaves the station the officer in charge of the detail with his friends kill those guarding it and steal all of it. However in the ensuing confusion they lose it and others hide it. However even they cannot find it later until many years after they begin a new search. The officer who planned the entire scam hears about it and follows them. Who will get the money?...
Senior
Character: Sattaya
A love triangle among Rerai, Sataya and Chotiwan. They grew up together, play together, but live separately in class hierarchy. One day, their bond breaks....
The Houseboat
Character: Kaew
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....
It's Me
Character: Chod
Chod and his friends take a trip up the hill and get to meet Lum-nau who was up there to help develop and set up a small school to teach the hill tribe children. Chod and Lum-nau relationship is getting better and before he leaves the hill, he gives her his address in Bangkok....
Love
Character: Run
Nongyao is a fake doctor who do an illegal abortion. She fosters Prakong and her daughter, Tubtim, and give her an assistant position. Run, a son of Nongyao, is a handsome young man who flirts with many girl. He always bring women to have an abortion. Tubtim doubts her mother's profession. To tell the truth that Run is one of the children who mother come to have an abortion but survived and Nongyao decides to adopt him. She has to risk her peaceful life....
Ong Bak 2
Character: Nobleman Srihadaecho
Tien, the son of Lord Sihadecho — a murdered nobleman — is taken under the wing of Chernang, a renowned warrior and leader of the Pha Beek Krut....
กอดคอกันแหวว
Character:
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In the Name of Godfather
Character:
A young man named Chob, is caught in bed with In-tu-orn, the daughter of a powerful and wealthy landowner who owns almost ever acre in northern Thailand by her father. He asks Chob to prove his love towards his daughter by taking a seven-day trip upcountry, attempting to quarrel with anyone he meets along the way. If Chob can complete this unusual mission he will grant his daughter's hand in marriage, along with half of his property....
Muen and Rid
Character: Rid
The true story of Muen, a Thai woman living in the 1800s under the rule of King Mongkut. At that time, women had no rights. Wives and daughters were bought and sold as if they were cattle. Muen is regarded as being the first Thai woman to stand up for women's rights....
Teacher Chanram
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Fallen Angel
Character:
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พ่อปลาไหล แม่พังพอน
Character:
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Yim Nid Kid Thoa Rai
Character: Padetsuek
The story of two rival neighboring resorts. Chaos happens but gradually morphs into smiles....
Suthee
Character: Suthee #3
This is a story of love in four different time periods of Suthee, a decent guy. You will have to follow Suthee through his amazing love adventures where there are all the spices and seasonings that will make you laugh with tears....
Hey Daddy
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When Fahfad stayed in scout camp, he disrespect the nymph. In return, he was cursed and given the pills whic can reduce human age. He decides to give it to his father. His father’s mistress plan to abduct the child and demand ransom. After that, the story was haywire....
Sir Ghost
Character: Ghost
The relationship between ghost and young woman, after prevent her from rapists. An inspiration comedy-scifi from known Ghostbusters....
Ong Bak 3
Character: Nobleman Srihadaecho
Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers. There he is taught meditation and how to deal with his Karma, but very soon his arch rival returns challenging Tien for a final duel....
Bun Tang Khai
Character:
Shin and Pongkwan have a cute daughter. which corresponds to that of Grandfather Or Shin's father had hoped for it. because of Shin's brothers They all had sons, but Shin still had some anger with his father. therefore refused to return home Still living with his girlfriend Pongkwan. Even though the father has already forgiven Causing the father to decide to send people to take his granddaughter The chaos in this battle has begun....
The Seed
Character: Khamnueng
After each annual Royal Ploughing ceremony, grains of rice paddy are distributed to farmers. Saokam, a farmer, takes some paddy to grow in his field, while Buarian just keeps one seed for worship. Since then, Saokam keeps growing rice with that paddy. Ten years later, the paddy fields suffer a drought. There is not enough water, even for drinking or bathing. Some have to mortgage their own fields to pay the bills, while Buarian takes advantage of her neighbor's poverty....
The Inspirations
Character: Na Keow (voice)
The Thai animation film, Khun Thong Daeng: The Inspirations, features episodes about three dogs —Tonglor, Temple Dog and Little Copper. In the film, the dogs are honest and loyal like Khun Thong Daeng. The puppy Tonglor dreams of being a great bodyguard and protecting his boss like Khun Thong Daeng, so he always guards his owners — a blind girl and her grandma — very well. Stray dog Jon is grateful to a monk who feeds him and looks after him. When a group of theives break into the temple, Jon ...
Somsri #422 R.
Character: Krich
A robot finds herself in the midst of a family feud in this sci-fi comedy. Ter, an inventor, creates a robot called Somsri #422R, that looks and acts like a real woman. Soon, Somsri is caught in the middle of a rivalry between two families that can't stand each other....
Boonchu 2
Character: Boonchu
Boonchu fails to pass the entrance exam for the university so he goes back home. With the help of Head Monk at Suphan, Boonchu is able to return to Bangkok to prepare for his next entrance exam. There he meets his girlfriend Molee and assists her in finding sponsors for her volunteer activities project. Once again, the gathering of Boonchu and his friends bring about hilarious hijinks....
Boonchu 1
Character: Boonchu
Boonchu, a decent and innocent young man from Suphan, comes to Bangkok to fulfill his dream to become a university graduate. At class Boonchu meets Molee, a cute young girl whom he falls in love with. However, he realizes that it might be an impossible romance seeing how many other guys also share the same feeling towards her....
Once Upon a Time... This Morning
Character: Dumrong
A middle-class couple are separating and the three kids are to stay with their bossy and resentful mother. Missing their beloved father, the kids run away to look for him – unaware that the baby's carry-cot contains a bag of pure heroin hidden by a street-kid during a police raid....
Boonchu 10
Character: Boonchu
Boonchoke failed an entrance exam last year, but this year he makes it through into the medical school of a famous university in the north of Thailand. But the medicine he's studying is not the modern one, it's traditional herbal medicine. Boonchoke's parents, Boonchu and Molee, agree to let their only son go live in Chiang Rai for his study....
Class 44
Character: Natee
A group of close knit friends graduate from a women college. Each goes separate ways with different lifestyle, but they still keep in touch with the group. They soon find out that the world outside the college's wall is not as beautiful as they expected, the civilization seems to progress into the wrong direction so one of the girl in the group begins to stand up and fight for women equal right....
I Miss You 2
Character: Rewat
Three months after new semester starts, but this boy marching band, the band that owned a world champion, still cannot find new members. More than half of the band graduated last semester and new generation of students like to play guitar, keyboard and drum rather than music instruments in the marching band....
Time Machine 2
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Gumjad and his friends make another jungle trip with a local hunter as a guide. Along the way they run into the same old jungle bandits and try to get away by running into a cave. There is an earthquake; when they come out on the other side everything seems to be normal, but they’ve actually slipped into the past, in the middle of the war between two groups of ancient people. When one of these groups tries to steal their supplies, without any weapon, they have to use their portable radio to fool...
Time Machine
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A group of students from the city go on a jungle trip with the help of a young hunter as a tour guide. A forest fire forces them to escape for their lives. The group gets lost and stumbles into the Myanmar territory in the middle of the war between the Myanmar soldiers and the jungle bandits. The bandits kidnap some of the students for ransom. Not willing to pay for the demanded ransom, the group gets the help from Myanmar soldiers who fight the bandits and win their friends. Finally, they can s...
Miracle of Love
Character: Utit
The story of chaotic love story And involved with people of twelve people When the destruction brought them to meet in Chiang Mai And each person must find different love only he and she has to overcome the tests that will prove that they understand and know the words of love....
Virgin Market
Character: Faeng
The story of a young woman growing up in a broken family, her fatal fate begins with her real father, who bets her to sell her as a salesman just because she has no money to spend on both. She is a pure girl who can be saved from the brothel. But there is no reason to go to work in a brothel. She will have to start a new life with her lover. Is everything going as hoped?...
Silhouette of God
Character: Kham
Everybody just wants to lead a good life. Take Karm, a young farmer who foolishly believes in communion with spirits. He doesn't know he's being used to swindle people out of their money. When Karm falls in love, he soon realizes everything he has done was wrong in this Thai horror classic....
Boonchu 5
Character: Boonchu
It's Boonchu's second year in college and he tries to impress his girlfriend by running for University President to help those poor students and reestablish new rules and conditions of the scholarship. But when things don't go as planned, Boonchu finds that he may be creating more problems of his own....
Boonchu 6
Character: Boonchu
It's Boonchu's last year at the university, but all his friends, including his girlfriend Molee, already graduated. Although he's still a student, Boonchu and his friends are tasked with helping Molee prepare her first presentation to clients at work. The question is will he be able to help?...
Boonchu 8
Character: Boonchu
Life after the marriage of Boonchu and Molee. good news is Molee gets pregnant but bad news is she accidentally hit by a stray bullet of an escaping robber. Boonchu and friends vow for her life. After her recovery they all have to repay for their pledges. This brings you to follow them through their humorous incidents one after another....
Boonchu 7
Character: Boonchu
Boonchu and Molee are getting married. But they both have a special task to accomplish as to prove their true love to Manee, Molee's sister. They have to rebuild their newlywed home and to help clean the polluted canal attached to the home. Of course, the mission could not leave alone all his friends to join him and Molee win this game....
Boonchu 9
Character: Boonchu
The story starts with the next generation of the original Boonchu films. Boonchu and Molee send their son to Bangkok. How's Boonchoke going to handle the unexpected situation in the big city?...
U & ME
Character: Ton
An accident makes Deuan and Ton switch their bodies: Ton from an athletic young man to a gentle, clean and intelligence person and Deuan, a clean, neat and smart person, to a tough and very gutsy person. Their friends begin to suspect about their behavior....
Lhong Fai
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Because she was poor and was sexually abused by her uncle, Kaew decides to quit school and work as an escort girl. Her boy friend goes to work out of town and keeps sending her money regularly, hoping that she would save it for their marriage. Kaew is very happy with her work and enjoys being with many different wealthy men, until she meets Chol, the son of a millionaire, who has never worked and is addicted to gambling....
New Rich
Character: Pien Panyak / Piree Panjakom
A millionaire fried chicken mogul decides to make some changes in his personal life when he realizes that, in spite of his wealth, he feels empty inside....
Somsri 2
Character: Krich
Somsri, a robot, is abducted by her neighbors and taken to Dr. Bem's house. Dr. Bem is the enemy of Dr. Ter who designed and created Somsri. Dr. Bem always wanted to learn the secret of Somsri of how it is built. But Krit, a young man who falls in love with Somsri, sees the whole thing and goes to tell her owner and together they go out to find her....
Somsri 3
Character: Krich
This is the third chapter of Somsri, the robot built by Dr. Berm. Somporn the other robot is also built to be Somsri's sister. The fun of this episode is that Somsri and Somporn were in a beauty contest. Will they win the contest?...
With Love
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Jin wants to make a tape of his own songs, so he moves to Bangkok. Manee hears Jin’s song and together they decide to produce the tape. After that Jin becomes even more popular....