Bissu Usman
Actor · 1901 – 1974 · Aceh
Bissu Usman (4 June 1901 – 14 December 1974) was an Indonesian actor. He was widely known by the public in the era from the 1930s to the 1970s.
Movies7
Movie3.0CrimeActionSuro becomes obsessed with Ujung as a tool to take power over the village. His ambition stumbles when his daughter, Marni, falls in love with Kasan, an ordinary peasant from the same village.
Movie7.0MysteryDramaA nurse begins working at a retirement home and soon after the residents start turning up dead.
MovieHorrorAdventureRaden Darmadji and his friends visit Mustika Island to search for Raden's brother, who disappeared there ten years ago without a trace. The island is also the location where an ancient warrior named Maha Daru was buried 2000 years ago... only Maha Daru is still very much alive. Said to be strongly influenced by the Dracula films, this was censored in its home country multiple times yet became a box office hit nonetheless. It's also considered the very first Indonesian horror film.
Tengkorak Hidoep
1941
MovieDramaA married man has two daughters with his mistress and then abandons her. Years later, the mother is killed in a train accident while the now-grown daughters become involved with prostitution, pimps, rape and incest.
MovieActionBintara is a pirate captain who sails the Malaka strait. He robs ships and murders their crews. Two children survive one of the attacks. They are Rusna and Daud. 15 years later the two become teenagers and live in the woods. There they meet the courageous Panglima Ali. At that time, Bintara is still conducting his evil deeds. But his life is ended by Panglima Ali’s blade.
MovieDramaNurwati's relationship with Lieutenant Sutrisno was supported by her father, but opposed by her mother because the lieutenant was not rich, and her mother preferred Tirtoroso, who always looked classy. Sutrisno, from Yogya in mid-1946 was assigned to Bali via Banyuwangi beach. The attempt to go to the Island of the Gods was successful, even though he was forced to receive treatment from the residents of the island of Nusa Penida. After returning to Yogya, Nurwati became Tirtoroso's mistress.
MovieComedyDramaA criminal on the lam takes on a new identity as a shaman, which causes all kinds of problems when various people come to him looking for help.