Massagist (film)

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Massagist
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Poster
Chinese 索命暹罗之按摩师
Directed byTaweewat Wantha
Production
companies
Beijing Ruisheng Taihe Media
Zhonglian Zhicheng International Media (Beijing) [1]
Distributed byXinyue Pictures [1]
Release date
  • December 31, 2015 (2015-12-31)(China)
Running time
92 minutes
CountriesChina
Thailand
LanguagesMandarin
Thai
Box officeCN¥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]

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Plot

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...

Cast

Reception

The film grossed US$250,000 on its opening in China. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Brzeski, Patrick (January 5, 2016). "China Box Office: 'Detective Chinatown' Wins Weekend, 'Mr. Six' Shows Staying Power". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "索命暹罗之按摩师 (2015)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com . Retrieved January 5, 2016.