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Tutur Tinular (TV series) (1997)

Tutur Tinular (TV series) poster
Original title
Tutur Tinular
Genre
epic poem
Country
Indonesia
Length
2 seasons, 27 episodes
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This TV series adapts a popular Indonesian radio drama. It tells a sprawling story set in a historical era involving royal courts, battles, and personal betrayals.

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What happens

Tutur Tinular is an Indonesian historical-drama radio series. Consists of 24 chapters with a total of 720 episodes, it was first aired in January 1989. At its prime, it was aired on 515 radio stations in Indonesia with millions of listeners. It was adapted to movies (Tutur Tinular I, II, III, IV) from 1989-1992. It was then adapted into a TV series produced by Genta Buana Pitaloka and first aired on ANTV on October 25, 1997. The 1997 TV series version is considered as one of the best adaptation of the radio series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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