Massagist | |
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Chinese | 索命暹罗之按摩师 |
Directed by | Taweewat Wantha |
Production companies | Beijing Ruisheng Taihe Media Zhonglian Zhicheng International Media (Beijing) [1] |
Distributed by | Xinyue Pictures [1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Countries | China Thailand |
Languages | Mandarin Thai |
Box office | CN¥2.5 million [1] |
Massagist is a 2015 horror film directed by Taweewat Wantha. [2] [3] A Chinese-Thai co-production, the film was released in China on December 31, 2015. [3]
Chinese girl Moran (Yuan Bai Zi Hui) lost her mother during childhood, but her sudden bizarre death has always been a mystery, which left her heartbroken. Having moved to Thailand, eighteen year-old Moran is perplexed by a variety of bizarre deaths that occur one after another in massage parlours, making her mother's death even more complicated and confusing.
Meanwhile, Thai policeman (Huang Kaijie) has led an in-depth investigation, discovering that the people who died are inextricably linked. Layers of mystery finally expose a cover-up and the shocking truth...
The film grossed US$250,000 on its opening in China. [2]
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