The Rape of Malaya

The Rape of Malaya

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1959-08-31

'Mata Hari' was Malay Film Productions’ second war movie based on the Japanese invasion of Malaya/Singapore in 1941-42, released a few months after the resounding success of Lamberto Avellana and P. Ramlee’s 'Sergeant Hassan'. Written by Abdul Razak (who did the scripts for the 'Pontianak' film series) and directed by the prolific Ramon Estella, the movie stars beauty queen Maria Menado (of Pontianak fame) as ‘Matahari’, the daughter of a kampong headman who is captured by the Japanese. She witnesses the atrocities committed by the invaders, who tortured her father to death and rounded up innocent women to become prostitutes and mistresses for their commanders. Not wanting to cower to the enemy, Matahari (which means the sun in Malay and was also the name of a real-life WWI German spy) decides to form and lead a guerrilla force to fight the Japanese.

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'Mata Hari' was Malay Film Productions’ second war movie based on the Japanese invasion of Malaya/Singapore in 1941-42, released a few months after the resounding success of Lamberto Avellana and P. Ramlee’s 'Sergeant Hassan'. Written by Abdul Razak (who did the scripts for the 'Pontianak' film series) and directed by the prolific Ramon Estella, the movie stars beauty queen Maria Menado (of Pontianak fame) as ‘Matahari’, the daughter of a kampong headman who is captured by the Japanese. She witnesses the atrocities committed by the invaders, who tortured her father to death and rounded up innocent women to become prostitutes and mistresses for their commanders. Not wanting to cower to the enemy, Matahari (which means the sun in Malay and was also the name of a real-life WWI German spy) decides to form and lead a guerrilla force to fight the Japanese.

Released

1959-08-31

Runtime

120

Director

Ramon A. Estella

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

History

War

Language

English

Production

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    Maria Menado

    Maria Menado
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    Ahmad Mahmud

    Ahmad Mahmud
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    Salleh Kamil

    Salleh Kamil
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    Omar Rojik

    Omar Rojik
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    Aziz Jaafar

    Aziz Jaafar
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    Jins Shamsudin

    Jins Shamsudin
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    Alice MA

    Alice MA
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    Kemat Hassan

    Kemat Hassan
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    Daeng Idris

    Daeng Idris
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    Rahmah Rahmat

    Rahmah Rahmat