See a new trailer and 10 posters from Thai animated movie Yak: The Giant King loosely based on legend of Ramayana, only that the original characters have been replaced by robots. Yak: The Giant King turns out to be the modern day version of the story of Tosakan and Hanuman the Monkey King who, in their one millionth and one reincarnation, don’t look quite the way we expect them to.
The movie is written and directed by Prapas Cholsaranon.
Yak: The Giant King premiered in Thailand in October 2012 and a US release date is still to be decided.
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Here’s the synopsis for the film
Hanuman the monkey king is now a three-wheeled robot with a need for speed and adventure. Instead of a monkey’s tail, he has been gifted with a magic chain with which to subdue his mortal enemy Tosakan. Meanwhile, Tosakan is now a ten-headed and ten-armed giant robot. His only goal in life is to conquer the robotic world and destroy Lord Rama, the powerful demigod of Ramayana who is now a powerful satellite in orbit around this robotic world. Through a series of comedic mishaps, Tosakan and Hanuman wake up and find that they’re fused together by Hanuman’s chain. To make things worse, they have lost their memories and have no clue as to why they are chained together. In searching for a way to break the chain, they soon become friends, but what happens when they find out the truth about themselves?
