Bukit Kepong is a 1981 Malaysian action and patriotic film produced and directed by Jins Shamsuddin starring himself, A. Rahim and Hussein Abu Hassan. The film was based on the real story of Communist terrorist siege of Bukit Kepong in 1950. The film has won eight awards in the third Malaysia Film Festival in 1982, including Best Film. The Bukit Kepong film was released in 1981. It was the most expensive film eighties decade with the production cost totalling MYR 1.3 million. In 2014, the film was re-edited by United Studios, which had invested MYR 100,000 in restoring and improvement for high definition display resolution of the original film. It was reproduced in HD version; as Bukit Kepong Versi Digital HD a year later. The technical works was done by Prodigital Lab.
Plot
Story about the struggle of the Federation of Malaya Police and local community in Bukit Kepong, Muar, Johor fought against the assault of Malayan Communist Party guerrillas during the Malayan Emergency in 1950. The battle peaked by the terrorist attack of Bukit Kepong police station where 18 policemen were attached on the dawn of 23 February 1950. The film portrays the indomitable spirit of police force who had 'fought till the last drop of blood' to defend the nation, even though they were attacked by 180 communist terrorists.
Cast
Jins Shamsuddin as Sarjan 3493 Jamil Bin Mohd Shah
* Inspektor Fauzy Abu Bakaras MM/T 3472 Ahmad Bin Khalid
* Koperal Mohd Kurdi Ismail as MM 9136 Hassan Bin Othman
* Koperal Shukor Daud as MPC 37 Abu Bakar Bin Daud
* Koperal Abdul Ghani Abdul as MM 5674 Abu Bin Mohd Ali
* Koperal Abdullah Jabar as A/P 2127 Osman Yahya
* Konstabel Marsat Jidin as Koperal 7068 Mohd Yassin Bin Haji Abdul Wahab
* Konstabel Sukarman Selamat as MM 3933 Hamzah Bin Ahmad
* Konstabel Talib Janggi as MM/T 3795 Jaafar Bin Arshad
* Konstabel Mat Saad as MPC 60 Ibrahim bin Adam
* Konstabel Mohd Jan Katan as MPC 68 Awang bin Ali
* Konstabel Malek Baba as MPC 181 Basiron bin Adam
Communist terrorists:
* Sarjan Ng Thin Hong as Lee Tuan
* Konstabel Chong Yun Fook as Kwan Pin
* Konstabel Lam Seng Lan as Wing Chan
* Konstabel Looi Thye Choe as Chin Siang
* Konstabel Seah Lai Soon as Chan Fei
* Konstabel Abdul Ghani Wahid as Leman
* Konstabel Mohd Yatim as Malay communist
* Konstabel Abdul Ghani Mohd Yusoff as Malay communist
* Konstabel Yahya Nordin as Malay communist
Bukit Kepong villagers:
* Koperal Tham Chen Yao as Ah Yau
* Konstabel Lee Seng Chong as Ah Siah
* Konstabel Wanita Wong Chen Chu as Ah Siah's daughter
Crew members
Assistant Director – A. Rahim
Technical Advisor – Inspektor Fauzy Abu Bakar
Technical Advisor – ACP Latifi Ahmad
Song Converter – Inspektor Abu Bakar Long
Music Director – ACP Alias Arshad
Film Editor – Johari Ibrahim
Assistant Film Editor – Mariam Ibrahim
Audio Recorder – Peter Lim
Audio Recorder – Zulkifli Salleh
Assistant Audio Recorder – Ahmad Tajudin
Assistant Audio Recorder – Azmi Mohd Nor
Cameraman – S.Mohan
Assistant Cameraman – Ed Rizal
Director of Art Setup & Set Designer – ACP Yusof Ariffin
Set Designer – ACP Zakaria Mohammad
Production
Director, producer and main actor, Jins Shamsuddin explained that the film ini was done based on the history facts with the co-operation of Royal Malaysia Police and Inspector-General of Police, Tun Mohammed Hanif Omar. He also interviewed ex-communist who had surrendered after the Bukit Kepong police station attack incident and also Bukit Kepong villagers. Before production the film, family members of Muhammad Indera, leader of the communist terrorist in the incident had met him and requested him not to show too much the bad elements of Muhammad Indera.
