Embun

Embun (2002)

Lupakan sahaja tentang rasa itu kerana ianya tidak akan bersatu di bumi nyata [Forget about the feeling because it will not come together in the real world]

Set in Malaya during the Japanese occupation in the 1940s, this film tells the story of a girl, Embun, who's thrown into the forefront of the struggle against the Japanese when her freedom-fighter brother, Bayu, and father are detained by the Japanese. In the midst of it all, she's also attracted to the Japanese army public relations man, Koishi, who is assigned to explain the Japanese propaganda to the Malays and win their support. Koishi also has a personal mission to fulfil in Malaya to find the Malay man who married his mother (in other words, his father) when she served as a Japanese spy prior to the occupation.

Date of release
2002-08-01
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 15m
Genres
Romance, War
Director
Erma Fatima

Casting

Interesting facts

Embun (Dewdrop) is a 2002 Malaysian historical period drama film directed by Erma Fatima who also wrote the story with Rohiman Haroon. The film is co-produced by Filem Negara Malaysia (FNM) and the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS).

Development and release

Originally titled Titisan Air Mata Embun (Teardrops of a Dew), it is the first film to be co-produced by FNM and FINAS–the two Malaysian film regulatory bodies under the Ministry of Information –with a production cost of RM3 million. Filming took place in July and September 2001 in Penang, Perlis and Perak.

Embun was released on 1 August 2002 in Malaysian cinemas. Despite receiving positive reviews, the film was a commercial failure when it only earned a box office collection of RM142,000. However, the film won 6 out of 10 nominations at the 2003 Anugerah Skrin and 7 out of 12 nominations at the 16th Malaysian Film Festival. Although the film's artistic aspects were well received, it also faced criticism.

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