The Haunted Drum (เปิงมาง กลองผีหนังมนุษย์)

"The Haunted Drum"

"1821 A.D."

Kob... Kob... Kob.

Doung!

Tip!

Wait for me

"six years later"

Daddy, let's eat something.

Daddy, please have some rest.

Excellent, Ping, my grandson.

Pay attention, Ping!

Please take her out from the suffering.

Dad!!

Dad.

"20 years later"

Ping... The band house you're going belonged to Luang Bodin...

Where the first Perng Mang drum of Siam was made

They said that a mystic being is residing in that drum...

and protecting the band from danger

Hey! That egg is mine.

How greedy!

Oops! Who's that?

The messenger...

is the son of a band player in the royal palace

and his music talent is extraordinary

I therefore send him to your band

If, in any case he has done wicked things

Send him to get his punishment back in Thonburi at once

That's mine.

You flunk every damn year. Your talent is never as good as Chang's

Everyone in this place...

old or new... Listen to me one last time.

From now on, after I have said this order

Everyone must strictly abide by it

Within a burning of one incense...

I will not accept that the individual has given his or her vow to me...

If he or she has stepped out of this door,

May all sacred entities...

...be present in front of me

to listen to the honest words I'm about to avow.

As soon as the words are uttered...

Never will everyone in all generations...

break faith with...

nor defame by any means...

nor backbite the band to cause its downfall.

Whoever breaks the vow regardless of the reason

...will die within three days and

become a ghost on the fourth night.

No single grain of soil will cover their dead body.

Hey! Where are you from?

Huh?

Oh! I'm from Bangkok.

I see.

Well, I've never been to Bangkok before.

Daeng, my boy! Today is your day!

You're in deep shit with your debts why are you still doing it?

Shut your face!

This time I'll recoup all my losses.

Come on, my boy. Let's fight!

I hope you'll keep on with your cockfight.

You wicked beast!

A ghost will come get your ass.

It's true!

The dancer at the ritual...

The pretty one... what's her name?

That's Shine!

Don't even think of screwing up with her.

Or her man will kick the shit out of you.

Look at him

That's more like it.

The hair... The outfit... This is what it should be.

Well, I want a ring, new dresses.

Wow! They're flirting this early in the morning.

You can eat quite a lot too, huh?

I wonder what is your heart made of.

When your cock wins you treat him like your wife.

Don't stick your nose in my business!

You'd better spend your time with your instrument.

Fine! You're lucky that I don't know how to box.

If I do... you're in deep shit!

Son of a bitch!

Look at that jerk

What instrument did you play when you were there?

I'm really good at Tapon.

But I'd like to play the Perng Mang, sir.

Are your parents in the Mon traditional band?

That's why you're interested in this instrument.

My mother is Mon.

She took me to the palace after my dad passed away.

Wait and see what your style is like.

To master the music You gotta go step by step...

If rush into it, you'll flunk out even before you start.

Right now, our provisions have less than a bucket of rice

Other food supplies like betel pepper, garlic are running out, too.

I'll give you two more sacks of rice,

three more piculs of peppers onions and dried food,

and half of the money that I have.

Thank you, sir.

And this is Deputy Muern from Ratchaburi district.

He also owns a band which is also second to none.

Deputy Muern will take care of this stuff for me.

If you need any support, let him know.

It must be priceless.

Seeing that the master treasures it so much.

Of course it is!

Even myself has never heard its roll.

Not so, sir

But this Perng Mang is not for playing the music.

We'd better finished setting up the band

...before the master is here or else, we'll be in trouble.

Are you two not gonna do any damn thing at all?

This is a funeral, isn't it?

Here comes your dream girl.

You want me to dance to the ghost or what?

Oh, you think dancing is your only responsibility?

When are you gonna stop boozing?

One day you'll get drunk to dead.

What the hell is going on with him?

Hey! Chang!

Chang! Chang!

What's wrong with you, Chang?

Let's look at him

Chang...

Chang!

Oh! You poor Chang.

Where is the body gone?

All right, all right. Just go!

Go find any neglected body.

Come on! Go!

You poor Chang.

I don't know what evil thing you'd done to cost your life.

What are you afraid of?

The holy deity is real, you know?

When you uttered the vow didn't you feel anything?

I didn't feel a thing.

Well, since Chang unexpected died...

Who will play the Perng Mang?

Who could that be... except Pai?

That's his dream come true.

Let's go.

Whose house is that?

It's strictly prohibited for everyone.

You wanna live here don't ask anything.

How come?

And don't get curious about anything.

Karn.

What?

Do you hear an instrument playing?

No! And I don't wanna hear it either.

Hurry up! Let's go!

Don't you know that entering this place is forbidden?

Do you hear what I'm asking you?

Well... I'm a member of the band of...

You gotta leave before you cause me trouble.

Please take her out from the suffering...

You're still adjusting yourself?

Unlike somebody...

who always wanna sleep whenever he wants.

You'll play the Tapon drum in place of Pai.

I'll have Pai play the Perng Mang in place of Chang.

Pai is quite a skilled drummer.

But his drumming style is completely artless.

If I don't hold him up he'd ruin the beauty of my music.

Karn! Go get Pai over here!

Pai! Stop!

Try it one more time.

Enough! Stop! Stop!

The sound of one Tapon drum...

could make more sense than a whole row of Perng Mang.

Music is not only about out-performing others.

It's like when you eat...

If you only care for filling your stomach,

You won't gonna appreciate a good taste of it.

This is what I've always been playing.

And are you gonna play like this forever?

Take Karn as an example.

Karn!!

Yeah! Fantastic!

Excellent play!

He started by being just an instrument cleaner

then he learned to play the cymbals or claves.

Who knows? He might replace you in the Perng Mang spot.

But if he's still such a schloomp zonking out all day.

He won't go anywhere.

Listen, determination and attentiveness

are not really the same thing.

You're here again? You really wanna cause me trouble?

Don't get me wrong.

All I want is to practice playing the Perng Mang.

Please allow me to be here.

I promise I won't tell anyone.

Let me help you.

So you clean all these up.

You wanna play it, don't you?

How about playing and cleaning at the same time?

My name is Ping.

And what's yours?

I'm Tip.

Are you from the Mon clan?

My parents used to play instruments in the Mon band.