The only cel-animated feature film ever made in Thailand, it was directed and co-written by Payut Ngaokrachang.

Since then, it has occasionally been seen at film festivals around the world but has not been made available for international audiences on DVD or video.

The story is based on Phra Aphai Mani, a 30,000-line epic written by Thailand's best-known poet Sunthorn Phu.

Sudsakorn, the son of a mermaid and a minstrel prince, fights on different occasions, an elephant, shark, and dragon horse, and encounters in his meanderings a king, a hermit, a yogi, a magic wand, and ghosts.

"I made a lot of my equipment from pieces I got from junk of World War II military surplus," Payut told writer John A.