Movies from Studio Ratchawat Phapphayon

This film has a sequel, Winyan Khanong (1953). On Songkran Day in Phra Khanong, while young people are enjoying the festivities, Mak and Nak, a beautiful woman of Phra Khanong, are flirting by a haystack. This causes jealousy in Mae Hiang, who secretly loves Mak. The Kamnan, Mak's uncle and a drinking buddy of Tao Kae Heng, approaches Mae Hiang, Tao Kae Heng's daughter, to be Mak's wife. Tao Kae Heng agrees because Mak is a hardworking young man. They plan for the marriage in the 9th month, with the condition that the Kamnan acts as a matchmaker for him to be with Nak. Mak refuses the marriage adamantly, even when the Kamnan threatens to cut him out of the inheritance. Mak returns to the festival in a bad mood and sees Tao Kae Heng dancing with Nak, which makes him even angrier. Fortunately, Nak comes to reconcile, and they decide to live together from that day on, with the help of Aunt Chaem, the Kamnan's wife. Tao Kae Heng, still wanting Nak as his wife, cooperates with the Kamnan to send Mak to be a conscripted soldier, even though Nak is pregnant. Late one night, Nak goes into severe labor and tries to seek help from the villagers but dies. The next morning, the villagers bury Nak's body under the twin Takhian trees in the cemetery of Wat Mahabut. However, Nak's spirit begins to haunt the villagers in the area. Even a sorcerer who volunteers to subdue her fails. One day, Mak takes leave to visit his wife and child in Phra Khanong and is overjoyed to see them waiting at the riverbank, unaware that it is only the loving spirit of Nang Nak. Release Date: October 27, 1951. Filming System: 16 mm color film (?), live dubbing.