Sahamongkol Film International

Sahamongkol Film International is a privately owned company headquartered in Phaya Thai, Bangkok, Thailand. Founded in 1970 by Somsak Techaratanaprasert, the enterprise specializes in content rights, operating as a vertically integrated mass media production and theatrical distribution conglomerate. The company has established itself in Thai cinema, with a history of outpacing regional competitors such as GDH 559, Five Star Production, and RS Film. It is noted for modernizing Thai cinema and exporting its highly specialized action and horror genres to the global market during the early 2000s. Sahamongkol Film International maintains a multi-billion-baht intellectual property and co-production repository, encompassing commercial blockbusters and international festival films. Its catalog features titles such as Prachya Pinkaew's martial arts films Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior and Tom-Yum-Goong (The Protector) starring Tony Jaa, the King Naresuan historical war epic saga, the Haunted Universities anthology horror franchise (Term 1 through Term 4), the romantic drama First Love (A Little Thing Called Love), Chai Lai (Dangerous Flowers), and the drama Samui Song.