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Panglima Badol

1978 · 90 min

A breezy, good-natured island adventure where broad comedy and scrappy martial-arts scraps roll by without much fuss.}{.

Overview
The film tells the story of Commander Badul who lives with his mother on an island. Badul desire to travel to a different island. During the journey, Badul met an Indonesian trader with his sister. Arriving at the village, the brother of Indonesian traders staying with heads left in situ. Meanwhile, a young man in the village merchants enamored with her and took her. Many young men are trying so hard to save the merchant brothers from her captors but failed because the kidnappers have high Silat. Badul hearing this trying to save sister merchants. Did the Badul in his desire to save her?

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • justice
  • family
  • survival
Places
  • countryside
  • sea
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror0
Humour6
Realism4
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, action
Directed by
Hussein Abu Hassan
Starring
A R Badul, Yusni Jaafar, Hussein Abu Hassan, R. Jaafar, Normadiah, Mahmud June, Mak Enon, Norlia Ghani
Runtime
90 min
Languages
Malay

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