Bukit Kepong (film)

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Bukit Kepong
Bukit Kepong (poster).jpeg
Directed by Jins Shamsuddin
Written by
Screenplay byJins Shamsuddin
Story byASP Ismail Johari
Based on Bukit Kepong incident
Produced byJins Shamsuddin
Starring
  • Jins Shamsuddin
  • A. Rahim
  • Hussein Abu Hassan
CinematographyS. Mohan
Edited byJohari Ibrahim
Production
company
Jins Shamsudin Productions
Release date
  • April 29, 1981 (1981-04-29)(Malaysia)
Running time
110 minutes
Country Malaysia
Languages Malay
English
Mandarin
Budget MYR 1.3 million
Box office MYR 1.7 million

Bukit Kepong (English: Kepong Hill) is a 1981 Malaysian Malay-language war film produced and directed by Jins Shamsuddin starring himself, A. Rahim and Hussein Abu Hassan. The film was based on the Bukit Kepong incident in 1950. The film has won eight awards in the third Malaysia Film Festival in 1982, including Best Film. [1]

Contents

In 2014, the film was re-edited by United Studios (a distributing and marketing company of KRU International), which had invested MYR 100,000 in restoring and improvement for high definition (HD) display resolution of the original film. It was reproduced in HD version; as Bukit Kepong Versi Digital HD a year later. For this restoration, the movie was cropped to 16/9 instead of its original academy ratio and electronic stereo widening has replaced the original mono soundtrack, thus distorting the director’s original vision. The technical works was done by Prodigital Lab (owned by KRU Malaysia). [2] [3]

Plot

The story is set in 1950 during the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) in which communist guerrillas of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) fought against the British colonial government of Malaya. The plot follows the struggle of the Federation of Malaya Police and local community in Bukit Kepong, Johor, in fighting against an MNLA assault in 1950. The battle peaked by the MNLA attack of Bukit Kepong police station where 18 policemen were attached on the dawn of 23 February 1950. The film portrays the police force as having indomitable and heroic spirits, showing them fighting a series deadly battles to defend Malaya from attacks by "communist terrorists". [4] [5]

Cast

Extra cast

The Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) members were given the roles of extra casts in the film as:

Crew members

Production

Director, producer and main actor, Jins Shamsuddin explained that this film was done based on the historical facts with the co-operation of Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) and Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Tun Mohammed Hanif Omar. He also interviewed former communist operatives who had surrendered after the Bukit Kepong police station attack incident and also Bukit Kepong villagers. Before production of the film, family members of Muhammad Indera, leader of the communist terrorists in the incident had met him and requested him not to show too much of the bad elements of Muhammad Indera. [6]

Accolades

AwardCategoryRecipientsResult
3rd Malaysia Film Festival, 1982Best Film Jins Shamsuddin Won
Best DirectorWon
Best Actor Nominated
Special Juri AwardWon
Best ScreenplayAimi Jarr, Yusof Ariffin, Ismail JohariNominated
Best Supporting ActorA. RahimNominated
Hussein Abu HassanNominated
Best Supporting ActressJamaliah ArshadNominated
Best CameramanS. MohanWon
Best Art DirectionYusoff AriffinWon
Best Sound DirectionPeter Lim & Zulkifli SallehWon
Best New ActorSuhaina YahyaWon
Dali AbdullahNominated

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References

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  2. ↑ Yusof Haslam reminisces his stint in “Bukit Kepong”, New Straits Times
  3. ↑ Yeoh, Angelin (27 August 2015). "Proudly Malaysian: Iconic film Bukit Kepong restored to its full glory". The Star. No. Star 2. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Bukit Kepong dokumentasi kekejaman komunis" (in Malay). Berita Harian. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Sta Maria, Stephanie (13 September 2011). "The man behind 'Bukit Kepong'". Free Malaysia Today. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Niezam Abdullah (13 September 2011). "Filem 'Bukit Kepong' Ikut Fakta Sejarah – Jins Shamsuddin". mStar Online (in Malay). Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
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