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Embun

2002 · 135 min

A sweeping, sorrowful wartime romance that weighs love against loyalty and loss, leaving a lingering ache.

Directed by
Erma Fatima
Genres
Romance, War
Tagline
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]
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Erma Fatima
Genres
Romance, War
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • love
  • revenge
  • family
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Action4
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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