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The Tiger from Tjampa is a film of genre Drama directed by Djadoeg Djajakusuma with Nurnaningsih

The Tiger from Tjampa (1953)

The Tiger from Tjampa
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Length 1h37
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Genres Drama,    Martial arts,    Martial arts
Rating62% 3.111213.111213.111213.111213.11121

Tiger from Tjampa (Indonesian: Harimau Tjampa) is an Indonesian black and white drama film released in 1953, produced by Perfini, written and directed by D. Djajakusuma. It is still highly regarded today in Indonesia as an early portrayal in a fiction film of aspects of a traditional regional culture. Despite the numerous combat scenes as well as scenes of students practicing pencak silat, Indonesia's traditional form of self-defence, based on the movements of animals and although in the film, the lessons are conducted by a famous master, Tiger from Tjampa was never presented as a martial arts film.

D. Djajakusuma won Best Scenario for this film at the first Indonesian Film Festival held in 1955.

Synopsis

Set in the 1930s, and narrated like an old ballad, The Tiger from Tjampa tells the story of a young man, Lukman (Bambang Hermanto) who seeks to avenge his father's murder by learning pencak silat, Indonesia's traditional form of self-defence, based on the movements of animals. The pencak silat shown in the film is regionally specific to West Sumatra.

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