Dang Bireley’s and Young Gangsters (1997): Cast & Plot

Dang, the son of a prostitute, grows up in 1950s Thailand amidst a world filled with violence and chaos. Throughout his childhood and adolescence, he struggles with deep feelings of inferiority but compensates for this by building up his ego and toughness. When he is just 13 years old, he demonstrates his fierce loyalty and protective nature by killing a man who was physically abusing his mother, marking the start of his life on the edge of legality. By the time he turns 16, Dang has dropped out of school and has become heavily involved in the criminal underworld, running his own protection racket to earn respect and power.