Nak Soo Phan Khao Niew (The Ultimate Fighter)

The legend of a new hero begins in Don Khuai Village. It is an important Buddhist holy day, when the sun, Saturn, and the moon align with the Earth — an event that happens only once every 1,000 years. A solar eclipse occurs, with Rahu almost completely swallowing the sun. A ray of sunlight passes through the roof of the temple hall and strikes the sacred blessed rice placed before the principal Buddha image. A miracle happens: the rice glows with a golden light, illuminating the entire hall.
Hungry, young Suea (New Wongsakorn Paramatthakorn) picks up the sacred rice and eats it. Immediately afterward, he feels a terrible heat inside his body, as if his stomach is about to explode. The pain is unbearable, and he collapses unconscious for seven days and seven nights. From that moment on, Suea begins to discover something astonishing — he now possesses extraordinary powers without even realizing it himself. And thus begins the origin of Nak Soo Phan Khao Niao — The Sticky Rice Warrior.
Ten years later, Suea returns from military service to farm in Don Khuai Village. There he faces Kamnan Cham (Wench Falconer), Sorn (Nawapol Phuwadol), and their vicious henchmen — Linglom (Somrak Kamsing), Haedong (Amphon Rattanawong), and Mhee Khwai (Narat Phatthanaphongchai). They force villagers to sell their rice fields to foreign investors, with the influential politician Colonel Amnat (Satawat Dulyawijit) backing them from behind the scenes.
Suea refuses to submit, so they burn down his house and abduct his younger sister Mali (Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul), selling her into prostitution in Bangkok. Suea’s parents are so grief-stricken that they die of heartbreak. Suea then sets out to find his sister and send those human scum to hell. His weapons are the magical gun given by Luang Por Khem (Yodchai Meksuwan) and his mighty buffalo-throwing fist.
Suea travels to Bangkok and by chance meets Captain Singh (Kelly Thanapat), an honest police officer who has just returned from abroad. Together they stop robbers who are attacking a gas station, and the two become friends. In Bangkok, Suea also receives help from Bak Ken (Lueafuea Mokjok), an old army friend who has become a taxi driver.
During his search for his sister, Suea meets Som (Kawintra Photijak), a café singer who drags him into trouble at a gambling den, forcing them both to flee in chaos. Som secretly steals millions of baht from the casino. When Suea finds out, they argue and struggle over the bag until it bursts open, scattering money everywhere. The banknotes rain down from the rooftop, and people below scramble wildly to grab them.
At that moment, Saengrawee (Tikumporn Ritthatha-aphinan), a young female reporter, manages to photograph Suea. But because the image is backlit by the sun, his face cannot be seen clearly. All anyone can tell is that he is a man wearing a checked white cloth around his neck.
The next morning, Suea’s image appears on the front page of the newspaper. Saengrawee publishes the story with the headline that a new hero has been born. Phaya Insee (Wanchai Phaopiboon), the owner of the column Wind Beneath the Wings, gives this mysterious hero the nickname:
“Nak Soo Phan Khao Niao” — The Sticky Rice Warrior.
When Captain Singh reads the newspaper, he feels strangely struck by this new hero, though he has no idea that it is actually Suea — the roadside acquaintance he once met — who is about to become both his rival in love for Saengrawee and the target of her determination. Saengrawee has already sworn that she will one day tear away the mask of the Sticky Rice Warrior.
As for Suea, he decides to fully become The Sticky Rice Warrior — partly to find his sister, and partly to fight the injustice in society. And this is only the beginning of his story.
Follow the drama Nak Soo Phan Khao Niao (The Sticky Rice Warrior), airing every Monday and Tuesday at 8:25 PM on Channel 7. The first episode aired on Monday, September 6, 2010.