Bukit Kepong (1981)
"We the police will never surrender! We will stand here to the death! Bukit Kepong will be our graves!"
The dramatisation of a Communist Terrorist assault on a rural Federation of Malaya Police station at Bukit Kepong, Muar, Johor, of then Malaya, on February 23, 1950, during the height of the First Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960.
- Date of release
- 1981-12-30
- TMDB
- 8.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Action, Drama, War, History
- Director
- Jins Shamsudin
Casting
- Jins Shamsudin — Sarjan Jamil Md Shah
- Hussein Abu Hassan — MM Osman Yusoff
- Yusof Haslam — MM Jaffar Hassan
- A. Rahim — L/Kpl Jidin
- Jamaliah Arshad — Mariam
- Ayu Rahman — Pon
- Suhaina Yahya — Fatimah Manan
Interesting facts
Bukit Kepong is a 1981 Malaysian epic war film produced and directed by Jins Shamsuddin starring himself, A. Rahim and Hussein Abu Hassan. A collaboration between Jins Shamsuddin and the Royal Malaysia Police, the film is a dramatization of the Bukit Kepong incident in 1950.
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.
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