Tan Tjeng Bok
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Tan Tjeng Bok was a veteran Indonesian actor from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Batavia, Dutch East Indies [now Jakarta, Indonesia]
Birthday: June 09, 1900
Deathday: February 15, 1985
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Gadis Telepon
Overview: Sinta's father is dying. On his insistence, Sinta has to marry Roni, though she actually prefers Ricky. Initially, Sinta is grateful to have a husband who is willing to sacrifice for her father's hospital treatment. But Roni turns out to be a pimp, and Sinta is used and sold as a call girl aka “gadis telepon”. The situation becomes intolerable, when Roni's secret is revealed, that he has compromised other girls like Sinta. Sinta stabs her husband. Sinta repents her action in prison.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1983-04-30
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Sea Lion
Overview: Robin is exiled from society after he is accused of murdering a man named Ibrahim in a fight. Twenty years later Ibrahim's son, Mahmud, begins a search for his father's killer. He soon reaches the island of Sampojo, where he finds Robin. The exile has taken up piracy and now uses the name "Singa Laoet" (The Sea Lion). After one of Robin's men, Hasan, kidnaps a girl whom he loves, Mahmud tracks the kidnapper down and fights him to the death. It is later revealed that Hasan, not Robin, was the one who killed Ibrahim
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1941-01-01
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Donat the Naïve Hero
Overview: Donat becomes a disabled child from an accident during a robbery by Si Item. Si item, a well-known robber baron is feared by the community. As an adult, Donat in his naivety wants to take on the robber group. On one occasion, Donat is trapped and imprisoned by Si Item’s group but he manages to escape. He even rescues a girl who is also kidnapped, Leilah. But before he can do so, Si Item rushes to Leilah’s room. When Item opens the door, Donat, who is right behind it, quickly hits Si Item. Then Donat meets a group of villagers who are against Si Item and becomes a hero.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1977-12-29
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Warrior of the Seven Well
Overview: Harun who cannot stand Mustofa’s repressiveness decides to leave his village to study martial arts. One year later, Harun returns and defends the villagers repressed by Mustofa
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Srigala Item
Overview: Mardjoeki goes missing after his wealth is taken by his brother, Djoekri. His son, Mochtar, is left behind and is treated like a slave by Djoekri. Later, The Black Jackal, a man in a mask, thwarts Djeokri's cruelty. In a chase scene between Djoekri and The Black Jackal, it turns out that Mardjoeki is still alive, and he is the man behind the mask all this time.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1941-08-02
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Si Gomar
Overview: After a pirate attack, a family is separated. Soebardja is with his father while Mariani stays with the mother. Due to their long separation and different foster parents, Mariani and Soebardja almost get married to each other. But Ismail, their cousin, is the one who prevents the mistake from happening.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1941-09-12
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Tarzan in the City
Overview: Darman, his daughter Ida, and Slamet the servant, go into the woods to hunt. Ida was lost when Darman and Slamet are chasing a tiger. Ida ends up in Tarsan's hut. They become close though at first, Tarsan has problems speaking the Indonesian language. Then he agrees to go to the city and learn how to be an urbanite. It is not easy as he is even harassed by Ida’s friends who do not like him.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1974-09-04
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Si Comel
Overview: An ugly woman can become beautiful after drinking the blood of 100 snakes.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Honey, Money and Djakarta Fair
Overview: At the Jakarta Fair, there is a rumour that a major tycoon from Makassar will come looking for new machines and a business partner. There is a flurry of excitement as everyone tries to get the tycoon’s employees to drop by their stands. Mansur, one of business owners in the fair, asks his secretary, Sinta, to find Andi Rachmat Syah, the tycoon. Sinta then approaches Andi, a handsome man employed by the tycoon, to find out about his boss. The man promises to tell Sinta on one condition, that she has to take him around the fair. Samiaji, Mansur’s business competitor, who has a crush on Sinta, is jealous when he finds out about it. Till the end of the story, nobody knows that Andi takes Sinta home after nights of going around the Jakarta Fair.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1970-11-10
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Bang Kojak
Overview: Parodying the TV police character Kojak, Leman, identifies himself with Kojak by his hat and lollipop, firmly stuck in his cheeks. He tries to help a woman by picking up a package that falls from her bag, and the package is filled with flour that he thinks is morphine. The woman turns out to be a flirtatious widow who wants to become a photo model. All the stories in the film are spoofs, and the suspected bandits reveal themselves as filmmakers.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1977-02-08
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Si Rano
Overview: Rano (Rano Karno) was separated and lost his father at Jatinegara Station in Jakarta when he got off the train. Luckily, he met a kind-hearted fryer. Amin (Benyamin S), who then took him home.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Crazy Desire
Overview: A nurse begins working at a retirement home and soon after the residents start turning up dead.
Genres: Mystery Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Curious Spirit
Overview: Susan is often disturbed by a horrifying female ghost, which has weakened her body. Her parents and lover, Charles, who are skeptical at first, eventually look for a shaman who can heal her. Initially the shaman’s spell works but then the ghost switches her target to the sister of Charles, Yuni, and results in her hanging herself. At this moment, Charles is reminded of his ex-girlfriend, Delia, who died by hanging herself out of her desperation because Charles got her pregnant and refused to take responsibility. Later, Delia possesses Susan and scary things start to happen. Veins and faces are slashed, windows and glasses are broken and shattered to pieces. Charles then calls his Koran-reading teacher and he battles the ghost with the sacred passages from the Koran.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Drakula Mantu
Overview: Due to being unemployed and facing urgent economic circumstances, Benyamin agrees to be a handyman to repair an old, dilapidated house, which is about to be occupied by someone newly returned from studying in England. It turns out that the house is haunted by many ghosts. These ghosts are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Prince Dracula and his son, who is to be married to the child of one of the ghosts in the house.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Tengkorak Hidoep
Overview: Raden Darmadji and his friends visit Mustika Island to search for Raden's brother, who disappeared there ten years ago without a trace. The island is also the location where an ancient warrior named Maha Daru was buried 2000 years ago... only Maha Daru is still very much alive. Said to be strongly influenced by the Dracula films, this was censored in its home country multiple times yet became a box office hit nonetheless. It's also considered the very first Indonesian horror film.
Genres: Horror Adventure
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1941-12-01
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River of Love
Overview: A married man has two daughters with his mistress and then abandons her. Years later, the mother is killed in a train accident while the now-grown daughters become involved with prostitution, pimps, rape and incest.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Bed for Day, Bed for Night
Overview: Karno and Dina, grow up in a large fisherman village, and have carried on an affair till she is pregnant. Embarrassed, they leave for the city. Karno works as a truck driver and Dina becomes a tailor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1976-04-26
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Ratu Amplop
Overview: Beni, who has been dating Ida for a long time, is now interested in Ratmi, who becomes a queen of a competition by bribing the judges. The director of the biscuits factory where Ratmi works, uses her image as an advertisement for the biscuits. When Ratmi’s pet goat disturbs her neighbour, Ida’s widowed sister, Beni sells the goat and he uses sale’s commission to date Ida. Other comedic incidents are strung together in this generic comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1974-07-15
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Southern Storm
Overview: In order to expiate, a young man comes to the loneliness of a poor village. The re he is killed after many troubles, just at the moment when the man to whom he felt guilty, is ready to forgive.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1960-02-15
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Rela
Overview: When his twin brother is abducted and considered dead, the younger twin marries his brother's lover. Suddenly, the older twin returns but when he finds his former lover now married to his brother, he decides to return to the forest where he had been held hostage all this time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1954-04-21
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