Films of the 1980s & 1990s (Melodramas, War Films, Mythology and Musicals)
REHU CHAPCHAN (1994)
Directors: Mao Ayuth
Genre: Drama/Romance
Cast: Yuthara Channy, Keo Koliyan, Pisith Pilika
Production: Angkorwat
A remake of the lost classic film from 1973.
SOMLENG TRO KHMER (1994)
Directors: Parn Poung Bopha Screenplay: Parn P. Bopha
Genre: Modern, Melodrama
Cast: Hum Chora, Pisith Pilika
Production: Angkorwat
The film includes two songs, "Somleng Tro Khmer" and "Jivit Knhom Ahpuop Mles," composed by El Bunna,
a notable composer from the pre-Khmer Rouge era.
NEANG BADAJA (1994)
Directors: Fai SomAng
Genre: Musical
Cast: Pisith Pilika, Hok Leakenna, Serey Vichara, Prum Sobuthy
Production: Angkorwat
Fai SomAng musical #9
LA EN BEYSACH (1994)
Directors: Seng Satya Screenplay: Fai SomAng
Genre: Folklore/Boran
Cast: Yuthara Channy, Pisith Pilika, Neary Roth Kunthea
Production: Angkorwat
DA mythology about a witch
YEAK JRALOM SATHAVA (1994)
Directors: Kong Buncheoun Screenplay: Kong Buncheoun
Genre: Folklore/Boran
Cast: Tep Rindaro, Oum Sovanny, Sok Sreymom, Suos Sokunthea
Production: Angkorwat
DA mythology about a female giant
KON KROK VETAMUN/កូនក្រកវេតមន្ត (1994)
Directors: Chea Vanna Screenplay: Chea Vanna
Genre: Folklore/Boran/Legendary
Cast: Tep Rindaro, Hong Polee Maktura, Sok Sreymom, Oum Sakana
Production: Moha Essey
A remake of the pre-Khmer Rouge Boran film.
KON UHY MADAI ARB (1994)
Directors: Chea Vanna
Genre: Folklore/Boran/Legendary
Cast: Kai Prasith, Pisith Pilika, Chandarathy
Production: Moha Essey
Son, your mother is an Ahp is a folklore film about the legendary floating bodiless witch, the ahp. The film illustrates the drama between an turned-ahp mother and her human son.
ENTRY KOMA (1994)
Directors: Kong Buncheoun
Genre: Folklore/Boran/Legendary
Cast: Kai Prasith, Sok Sreymom, Yuthara Channy, Buncheoun Soriyan
Production: Angkorwat
Based on a Cambodian folklore
Films Listed: 15/70
KROMUM LEAK KLUON (1993)
Directors: Nop Sombath
Genre: Romance Comedy
Cast: Som Dara, Ampor Tevi
Production: Preah Khan Pich
Kromum Leak Kluon or "Woman in Disguise" is a remake of the lost pre-Khmer Rouge film.
SMAN TA KRONN REU (1993)
Directors: Meng Sarun Screenplay: Channy Peakdey
Genre: Romance Comedy
Cast: Tep Rindaro, Ampor Tevi, Yuos Bovannak, Keo Koliyan
Production: Preah Vihear
Yuos Bovannak tricks Keo Koliyan into believing that he's a millionaire. The two get married and she notices that he is actually broke. Wherever Ampor Tevi goes, she meets Tep Rindaro. Every time she meets him, he has a new job. Almost everytime they meet, they argue. The two start to hate each other. Until finally Tep Rindaro becomes a doctor, he gets really irritated of meeting her and decides to live elsewhere. Ampor Tevi begins to miss him and so she goes on a mission to find him.
KROMOM DOS SNENG/ក្រមុំដុះស្នែង (1993)
Directors: Satya Vong
Genre: RomCom
Cast: Kai Prasith, Ampor Tevi
MOUY SAPADA NEI PESAKAKAM KMOUCH (1993)
Directors: Doung Pan Long Screenplay: Kan Thavy
Genre: Suspense
Cast: Kai Prasith, Tep Rindaro, Sok Sreymom
Kai Prositt and Som Dara go on a mission to track down the killer of their boss,Neay Krum. At first, they assume that it is their boss's close assistant Sok Sreymom;but eventually after connecting the clues, they realize who the killer really is.
BEISACH KROMOM (1993)
Directors:
Genre: Folklore/Boran
Cast: Som Dara, Pisith Pilika, Keo Koliyan
A remake of the lost pre-Khmer rouge horror folktale about the romance between a common man and a witch.
CHANNAMEUNG (1993)
Directors: Nop Sombath
Genre: Folklore/Boran
Cast: Kai Prasith, Sovann Mony, Roth Kunthea, Ampor Tevi
Production: Entinou
A remake of the lost pre-Khmer rouge folktale.
JROLOM KNHOM HAUY (1993)
Directors: Meng Sarun
Genre: RomCom
Cast: Tep Rindaro, Kai Prasith, Sok Sereymom, Chandarathy
Production: Angkorwat
Chandarathy and Sok Sreymom lack knowledge about traditional Khmer morals. Their mother Mae Meun hires a personal assistant,Tep Rindaro, to teach them. While teaching the two girls, Rindaro falls in love with Sreymom, leaving Chandarathy jealous. Furthermore, Chandarathy is then forced to marry Kai Prasith, the cruel son of a wealthy family. When Prasith pursues education abroad, Chandarathy allows a stranger who resembles Prasith to live in her household. When living in the household, the stranger treats everyone with respect, giving Chandarathy second thoughts about her arranged marriage with her cruel fiance Kai-oblivious to the fact that this guy is a totally different man.
