Tjambuk Api [SEP] country of origin
he lets Suro go. The villagers are free to farm in peace, and Marni and Kasan become husband and wife.
Production.
The director of "Tjambuk Api", D. Djajakusuma, spent a year studying film at the University of Washington in Seattle and the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles from 1956 to 1957; "Tjambuk Api" was his first film upon returning to Indonesia. The film was made by Perfini, under the leadership of Usmar Ismail; the latter served as
, a lecturer on film studies at the University of Newcastle in Australia, writes that the film and its revenge story at times harks back to Hollywood Westerns, although with whips instead of guns.
Reception.
The film received screenings in 1961. An anonymous review in the Yogyakarta-based daily "Nasional" remarked that Djajakusuma had clearly meant to emphasise the dramatic elements of the story and noted that the audience seemed spellbound by the fighting scenes.
According to "Kompas", "Tjambuk Api" and Djajakusuma's