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Tuan Badul

1979

A gentle, old-fashioned comedy of manners where office tyranny meets domestic fear and village life, played for warm, easy laughs.

Directed by
Dato' Haji Jamil Sulong
Genres
Comedy
Starring
A R Badul, Ibrahim Pendek, S. Shamsuddin
Overview
Ibrahim works at Badul Holdings as a General Manager. He is a very fierce man in the office but afraid of his wife. She has a maid named Nor. One day, Tuan Badul visits his land which is a squatter village. He wants the villagers to move but when he meets Nor, everything changes.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Dato' Haji Jamil Sulong
Genres
Comedy
Starring
A R Badul, Ibrahim Pendek, S. Shamsuddin
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • power
  • love
  • family
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Dato' Haji Jamil Sulong
Written by
Jamil Sulong
Starring
A R Badul, Ibrahim Pendek, S. Shamsuddin, Norlia Ghani, Noor Kumalasari
Country
Malaysia

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