King Naresuan 6 Movie Set in Kanchanaburi

2015-08-04 · Updated: 2026-08-11 · Original (Korean)

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I must have walked too much at the Tiger Cave Temple we visited earlier, because I fell into a deep sleep in the car. I woke up with no idea how deeply or for how many hours I had slept. When I opened my eyes and came to my senses, I found myself in the middle of some barren wasteland. What is this..? Where did they bring me this time...

King Naresuan 6 Movie Set

White fortress walls with Thai writing and cannons placed in front of them — This wasteland is just too barren.

Two giant warrior statues guarding both sides of the white fortress wall entrance — And what's with this out-of-place statue of Guan Yu...?

Everyone must have been thirsty because they each bought a bottle of water in this unknown place, and after thinking for a while, they slowly started to explain. I think what they wanted to say was, "It's a famous drama filming location, and the drama is about a famous Thai king," but their explanation ended at, "Drama!! Drama!! famous Drama!!!" Since both of us struggle with English, wouldn't it be better to just use Google Translate instead of trying to speak?

I Googled it and found out this is the filming location for a massively popular Thai movie called "King Naresuan." In Korean terms, it's like visiting the set of the historical drama "Dae Jo-yeong." The movie was apparently so popular that they made up to six installments. The full name of the movie my friend wrote down for me was "The legend of King Naresuan Part 6 finale Hongsa King Naresuan 6." The buildings originally constructed for filming have now been turned into shops. I don't even visit movie sets in Korea, yet here I am visiting one all the way in Thailand...

A dirt path shaded by white cloth and traditional houses with thatched roofs

An ornate traditional palanquin decorated with a red parasol and curtains — Props actually used in the movie. I guess that's obvious...

A white tower with a large hanging bell and a black cannon placed in front of it

A white water buffalo standing in a hay-lined pen — Huh, what's with this guy.. Did you film a drama too...?

An ornately decorated traditional boat floating on a pond and wooden houses by the water — I don't know if all drama sets are this big, but there's a boat floating here and the scale is massive.
Even looking at the movie trailer, the scale and battle scenes are made to be as colossal as a Chinese blockbuster.

People sitting on chairs receiving massages in the shade under a wooden building — Movie set or not, there actually wasn't much to see, so I begged them to get a massage since there was a massage shop here—just like everywhere else in Thailand.