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Mas Soemo Bojong (1942)

Mas Soemo Bojong poster
Directed by
Andjar Asmara
Genre
drama film, educational film, historical film
Country
Dutch East Indies
Runtime
10 min

How it feels

A group of people sit in a small shop and discuss the upcoming arrival of the Japanese army. The film is in the Javanese language and was made to inform the public as part of a government information campaign.

talkyeducationalperiodcontrolled-tonetopicaldramatizedhistorical

What happens

Mas Soemo Bojong (Mas Sumo Boyong, bahasa Indonesia: Mas Sumo Mengungsicode: id is deprecated ) adalah film pendek Hindia Belanda tahun 1942 yang disutradarai oleh Andjar Asmara yang mengisahkan sekelompok orang yang sedang berdiskusi mengenai kedatangan Jepang dalam beberapa hari di sebuah warung. Film berbahasa Jawa ini diproduksi oleh Java Industrial Film dan didanai oleh Dinas Informasi Pemerintah Hindia Belanda. Mas Soemo Bojong berdasarkan skenario yang ditulis oleh Rempo Urip dan R. Inoe Perbatasari. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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