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'Bukit Kepong' is a 1981 Malaysian action 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.

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 directors original vision. The technical works was done by Prodigital Lab (owned by KRU Malaysia).[http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/09/yusof-haslam-reminisces-his-stint-%E2%80%9Cbukit-kepong%E2%80%9D?d=1 Yusof Haslam reminisces his stint in Bukit Kepong], 'New Straits Times'

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".

Cast



* Jins Shamsuddin 'as' Sergeant 3493 Jamil Bin Mohd Shah

* A. Rahim 'as' Lance Corporal 7168 Jidin Bin Omar

* Hussein Abu Hassan 'as' Police Constable (PC) 10533 Osman Yusoff

* Yusof Haslam 'as' PC 8600 Jaafar Bin Hassan

* Dali Abdullah 'as' PC 7493 Mohamad Bin Jaafar

* Shamsudin Baslah 'as' PC 7862 Abdul Kadir Bin Jusoff

* J.A. Halim 'as' Extra Police Constable (EPC) 3475 Mohd Tap Bin Lazim

* Hisham Ihsan 'as' Village Chief Ali Bin Mustapha

* Mohd Noor Bon 'as' Auxiliary Police (AP) 1925 Ali Akob Bin Othman

* Harun Ibrahim 'as' AP 2130 Samad Bin Yatim

* Jamaliah Arshad 'as' Mariam

* Edah Ahmad 'as' Saadiah

* Suhaina Yahya 'as' Fatimah Manan

* Ayu Rahman 'as' Pon

* Normah Alim 'as' Arfah

* Noraini Talib 'as' Fatimah Ya'aba

* Omar Suwita 'as' Sa'ibun

* Norazizah Mohd Seh 'as' Jamilah

* Ahmad Tarmizi Mad Zin 'as' Mohd Nor

* Akhmal M.Zain 'as' Hassan

* Norizan Hashim 'as' Zainun

* Azizan Mokhtar 'as' District Administration Officer

* Mike Steward 'as' Mr Davis

* Steven Wang 'as' Tuck Sai

* James Ling 'as' Ling

* Norazam Zakaria 'as' Aziz

* Mohd Rashid Md Isa 'as' Said

* Saadah Fadzil sebagai Saibun's wife

* Zambry Samad 'as' Saibun's son

* Embong Azizah 'as' Saibun's mother

* Low Hwee Luang 'as' Ah Yau's wife

* Tan Mei Ling 'as' Mei Ling (Ah Yau's daughter)

Extra cast



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

* Members of Federation of Malaya Police, as the policemen of Bukit Kepong:

** ACP Latifi Ahmad 'as' PC 7645 Yusof Bin Rono

** Inspector Zainal Abidin Bin Mohd 'as' Pagoh District Police Chief (J.J. Raj)

** Inspector Fauzy Bin Abu Bakar 'as' EPC 3472 Ahmad Bin Khalid

** Corporal Mohd Kurdi Bin Ismail 'as' PC 9136 Hassan Bin Othman

** Corporal Shukor Bin Daud 'as' Marine Police Constable (MPC) 37 Abu Bakar Bin Daud

** Corporal Abdul Ghani Bin Abdul 'as' MM 5674 Abu Bin Mohd Ali

** Corporal Abdullah Bin Jabar 'as' AP 2127 Osman Bin Yahya

** Constable Marsat Bin Jidin 'as' Corporal 7068 Mohd Yassin Bin Haji Abdul Wahab

** Constable Sukarman Bin Selamat 'as' PC 3933 Hamzah Bin Ahmad

** Constable Talib Bin Janggi 'as' EPC 3795 Jaafar Bin Arshad

** Constable Mat Saad 'as' MPC 60 Ibrahim bin Adam

** Constable Mohd Jan Bin Katan 'as' MPC 68 Awang bin Ali

** Constable Malek Baba 'as' MPC 181 Basiron bin Adam

* Communist terrorists:

** Sergeant Ng Thin Hong 'as' Lee Tuan

** Constable Chong Yun Fook 'as' Kwan Pin

** Constable Lam Seng Lan 'as' Wing Chan

** Constable Looi Thye Choe 'as' Chin Siang

** Constable Seah Lai Soon 'as' Chan Fei

** Constable Abdul Ghani Wahid 'as' Leman

** Constable Mohd Yatim 'as' Malay communist

** Constable Abdul Ghani Mohd Yusoff 'as' Malay communist

** Constable Yahya Nordin 'as' Malay communist

* Bukit Kepong villagers:

** Corporal Tham Chen Yao 'as' Ah Yau

** Constable Lee Seng Chong 'as' Ah Siah

** Woman Police Constable (WPC) Wong Chen Chu 'as' Ah Siah's daughter

Crew members



* Assistant Director A. Rahim

* Technical Advisor Inspector Fauzy Abu Bakar

* Technical Advisor ACP Latifi Ahmad

* Song Converter Inspector Abu Bakar Long

* Music Director ACP Alias Arshad

* Film Editor Johari Ibrahim

* Assistant Film Editor Mariam Ibrahim

* Audio Recorder Peter Lim

* Audio Recorder Zulkifli Salleh

* Assistant Audio Recorder Ahmad Tajudin

* Assistant Audio Recorder Azmi Mohd Nor

* Cameraman S.Mohan

* Assistant Cameraman Ed Rizal

* Director of Art Setup & Set Designer ACP Yusof Ariffin

* Set Designer ACP Zakaria Mohammad

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.

Accolades



See also



* Bukit Kepong incident

* Bukit Kepong

* Royal Malaysia Police

* Malayan Communist Party

* 'Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI', a similar movie in Indonesia

References




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