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Movies are both a way of life and making a living for Tsutaya CEO.

Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand)

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Byline: Bamrung Amnatcharoenrit

Mar. 6--Most people watch movies for escape and entertainment, but for Wanchai Phlaphongphanich, it's far more than that.

The chief executive officer of the home-entertainment rental chain operator Tsutaya (Thailand) Co believes movies can provide inspiration for new ideas to use in real life, especially in business.

So far, his favourite film is the drama The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont, which carries a message of survival, he says.

Mr Wanchai said The Shawshank Redemption -- a story about a man wrongly accused of murder who decides to escape prison -- gave him a life lesson. He ...

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