Tul (played by Nopachai Jayanama) is a protagonist in Headshot.
A police officer who survives a gunshot to the head and spends three months in a coma. The injury leaves him seeing the world upside down. After being pressured and imprisoned for arresting a powerful minister's younger brother, he becomes entangled in accusations of assassination, questions of justice, and a violent struggle for truth. Rin (played by Sirin Horwang) appears in Headshot.
A woman who reveals that Dr. Suang killed her father and manipulated events to identify who ordered the killing. She is willing to make extreme sacrifices in pursuit of the truth, but Tul condemns her cruelty and recognizes that revenge has made her resemble those she hates. She later helps Tul escape by cutting the power. Dr. Suang (played by Kiat Punpiputt) appears in Headshot.
A doctor who writes a disturbing article under the pseudonym “Demon,” arguing that evil is rooted in human genes and that society should control human evolution. He reveals his identity to Tul in prison, offers him a place in an organization, and promises to arrange his release. Rin later states that he killed her father and manipulated events to expose the person who ordered the killing. Gunman (played by Peron Yasu) appears in Headshot.
An armed pursuer who comes after Tul while he is temporarily living as a monk, forcing Tul to abandon his attempt to leave violence behind.
Headshot (2011) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Characters
Tul
(played by Nopachai Jayanama) — protagonist
A police officer who survives a gunshot to the head and spends three months in a coma. The injury leaves him seeing the world upside down. After being pressured and imprisoned for arresting a powerful...
Rin
(played by Sirin Horwang) — supporting
A woman who reveals that Dr. Suang killed her father and manipulated events to identify who ordered the killing. She is willing to make extreme sacrifices in pursuit of the truth, but Tul condemns her...
Dr. Suang
(played by Kiat Punpiputt) — supporting
A doctor who writes a disturbing article under the pseudonym “Demon,” arguing that evil is rooted in human genes and that society should control human evolution. He reveals his identity to Tul in pris...
Gunman
(played by Peron Yasu) — minor
An armed pursuer who comes after Tul while he is temporarily living as a monk, forcing Tul to abandon his attempt to leave violence behind.
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Tul → Gunman
(Conflict Pursuer And Target)
Tul temporarily becomes a monk but abandons the robes when a gunman comes after him.
Tul → Rin
(Conflict Adversarial Allies)
Tul condemns Rin after she admits that revenge led her to sacrifice even her own sister, yet she later cuts the power to help him escape attackers.
Rin → Dr. Suang
(Conflict Arch Enemy)
Rin states that Dr. Suang killed her father and manipulated events to discover who ordered the killing.
Tul → Dr. Suang
(Conflict)
Dr. Suang offers Tul release and membership in an organization, but Rin later reveals that Dr. Suang killed her father and manipulated events.
Story Analysis
A wounded police officer confronts manipulation, revenge, and the unstable meaning of justice after his vision is permanently inverted.
Plot Progression
The Inverted Awakening
Authority Strikes Back
The Manufactured Suspect
Justice Without Mercy
Revenge In The Dark
Directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Headshot (2011) · 6.2/10 · crime, drama, thriller
Content sources
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(Q5690022), public domain (CC0).
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