The Purple Kingdom
2016, Thai. Directed by Pimpaka Towira.
A tribal woman of the suppressed Karen mountain people is looking for her disappeared husband
Inspired by the case of enforced disappearance of an ethnic Karen activist Porlajee Rakchongcharoen (a.k.a. Billy) who went missing in Thailand near Kaeng Krachan National Park in Petchaburi province, 100 miles (161 km) south of Bangkok. Park authorities arrested the Karen activist on April 17, 2014 for possessing a wild honeycomb and six bottles of wild honey but released him after giving a warning. He disappeared shortly afterward.
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- 0h 31m
- Post-credits
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- Thai
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- 1 January 2016
- Country
- Thailand
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The Purple Kingdom isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2016. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Purple Kingdom?
The Purple Kingdom (2016) was directed by Pimpaka Towira and stars Pinnapa Preuksapan, Koei Memi, Terhe Preuksapan.