M. Amin
Birth : 1924-09-01, kuala kangsar perak
Death : 2003-01-08
History
M. Amin was a prolific director and writer known for the socio -political observations of the Malays at that time as inspiration for his works. His career began in the 50s when he migrated to Singapore to apply for a position as a sailor. But, eventually he was called to act under the direction of a director from India at Malay Film Productions. As he is good at reading, he has also served as a teacher to teach Malay actors to read, at the Malay Film company.
Pak Shariff Sutero
set in 50s Singapore, Johnny Bikin Filem is a black and white film about a gangster who gets involved in filmmaking.
Writer
A boy from a wealthy family is always socializing with the wrong group of friends. He is very mischief and always involved in gang fights. One day he met a girl and falls in love with her. The girl, Azura, later changed the boy's character and he became a good and well mannered boy. He proposed to Azura but thier marriage was objected by his parents because Azura comes from a poor family. Despite of his parents objection, he marries Azura and leaves behind all his family's wealth. He works as a laborer to support Azura. Everything was perfect until one day Azura is found to be pregnant. Her husband suspects that the baby she is carrying does'nt belong to him. Misunderstanding then arise between them...
Director
Story about a man that need to choose between his wife that been lost for a long time and his sister in law that he already marry after the lost of his wife
Director
Darus runs for his life when his wealthy and ambitious uncle tries to marry him off to Zarinah, the daughter of a bank manager. He refuses to wed the girl because he already has a sweetheart. Darus also knows that the old man, who had been his guardian since he was young, needs to borrow money from the banker to finance an abandoned housing project. Darus' disappearance worries his uncle greatly. When he comes across Darus' 'double', the crafty old man decides to pass him off as his nephew.
Writer
Jalil had sent a letter to stop working because he was too angry with GM Bahadom who always scolded and embarrassed him in front of the public. Meanwhile, GM Bahadom has received instructions from Datuk to send an officer abroad. Because he hated Jalil and wanted to separate him from Rosnah.
Director
Jalil had sent a letter to stop working because he was too angry with GM Bahadom who always scolded and embarrassed him in front of the public. Meanwhile, GM Bahadom has received instructions from Datuk to send an officer abroad. Because he hated Jalil and wanted to separate him from Rosnah.
Director
After successfully recapturing Semerah Padi from the terrorists who had killed his father Demang Satria, Adi Putra decides to rule Semerah Padi under the Islamic ruling. His ruling however wouldn't last for long. Adi Putra own lacked of reasoning will lead to his own downfall when someone accused his sister Kesuma to have an out of marriage relationship with his own best-friend Andika.
Screenplay
Dell, a struggling singer is left heartbroken after his lover gets married with someone else. With this he brings his broken heart to Kuala Lumpur and gambles his future to be a real big time recording singer. His road was a very bumpy one but in the end he managed to record an album and became famous. In all this fame his ex girlfriend comes back into his life.
Original Story
Dell, a struggling singer is left heartbroken after his lover gets married with someone else. With this he brings his broken heart to Kuala Lumpur and gambles his future to be a real big time recording singer. His road was a very bumpy one but in the end he managed to record an album and became famous. In all this fame his ex girlfriend comes back into his life.
Director
Dell, a struggling singer is left heartbroken after his lover gets married with someone else. With this he brings his broken heart to Kuala Lumpur and gambles his future to be a real big time recording singer. His road was a very bumpy one but in the end he managed to record an album and became famous. In all this fame his ex girlfriend comes back into his life.
Director
The headman for Kampung Tanjung Pura, Demang, falls ill and is saddened by this because he has no person in mind to take over his position and his wealth. At this very critical moment he remembered about a person whom he wed secretly a very long time ago who has a child living at Permatang Tinggi. Due to this threat Alang Pendekar, Deman’s brother in law, whois afraid that he wont inherit his riches, sends his followers to the village to destroy the living blood that still remains of Demang.
Director
The story begins when a young lady from a small town went to Kuala Lumpur to become a singer. She becomes famous and all her fans mostly the Indonesian fans admire her beauty. She was very good and become a star, because of that she almost forgot herself, her mother, her family.
Inspired by the novel Little Women, where three sisters and their mother have to come to terms with the year-long absence of their father.
Director
A classic a malay film from 1974 with cast line-up such as Hussein Abu Hassan, Maznah Ahmad,Sharifah Hanim, Latiff Ibrahim. This film is directed by M. Amin.
Director
Sofiah who was originally engaged with Kamal end-up falling in love with his childhood friend Harun. While Kamal was pursuing his study Sofiah and Harun get married with one another. Kamal who only knew about this news after finishing his study became heartbroken, but alas still happy for Sofiah. This guilt lead to the crack in Sofiah and Harun relationship. During one of their marital argument Sofiah accidentally killed Harun. Now a convict she lives in prison wile trying to take care of her son.
Director
A young merchant learns the art of transforming himself into a tiger, on condition of him adhering to some rules. Using his skills, he takes revenge on those who had tortured and attempted to harm him. However, as he breaks the rules he had promised to observe, he pays the ultimate price.
Director
Zaiton comes under the influence of the spell cast by a snake spirit. With her body under possession, she incapacitates her father and is lured to a hypnotised rendezvous with the snake spirit in his harem pit. The spirit takes on an anthropomorphised form and charms Zaiton, convincing her that her fiancée Rahim is a philanderer. Rahim and Zaiton’s father turn to a wise shaman to rescue Zaiton.
Director
Sang Kurnia was abandoned at birth, born destined to live a damned life
Director
Hantu Puaka refers to a kind of ghost in Malay belief, probably from the jinns / devils, which is said to roam along the bad weather. 1) They are believed to often follow natural phenomena and cause damage to propertes. 2) They are said to be of creatures that live in (creepy) water.3) They can possesses and cause pain to the host
Director
Rahimah is forced into prostitution by her stepfather. While she solicits at a bar, it is raided by the police. But Rahimah is able to escape thanks to Nor, a sympathetic policeman who takes her into his home. A romance soon blossoms between them, and they begin to yearn for a new life together. However, Rahimah is haunted by her past, and she lives in fear of her stepfather catching up to them.
Director
The story of Salmah that always have bad lucks. Then she marry to a rich man without the bless of his family because they believe she bring bad luck.
Director
This film tells the greatness of Sri Mala who avenge the death of his father who slandered the Chiefs. To satisfy his desire, he agreed with his brother, Kencana to marry the Sultan. The opportunity was not wasted Sri Mala to advise the sultan, who had only according to the dictates of the speakers said that the lust for power.
Director
Following the events in Mat Bond, Mat arrives in the kingdom of Darul Funfair and finds himself entangled in a sinister conspiracy of a corrupt minister attempting to poison the Sultan of Darul Funfair and preventing the crown prince from ascending the throne. The crown prince (a doppelganger of Mat) who is disinterested in being a royal, escapes and Mat is mistaken for the prince by the royal guards and the Sultan. In typical Mat fashion, he basks in the chaos and confusion of the mixed identities situation and brings the evildoers on a wild goose chase in search of a missing crown jewel.
Director
Mat has always dreamt of becoming a secret agent since he was young. After accidentally finding and consuming an elixir that grants indestructibility, he gets his wish when he is hired to retrieve a briefcase that contains these elixir pills. With a motley crew on his tail, Mat realises that leading a spy’s life like James Bond is harder than he imagined.
Director
Zaleha, a beautiful young woman gets betrothed to Zaki, her staunch and religious childhood sweetheart in an arranged marriage that seems to be a perfect union since the pair have been infatuated with one another. However, family friend Untung (played by Mat Sentol) desires to take Zaleha as his second wife and conspires with the nosy matchmaker Mak Andam to concoct a scandalous love affair that Zaleha had before marriage. Zaki chances upon the fabricated proof on the wedding night and believes Zaleha to be tainted. He self-righteously insults his newly wedded wife and distances away from her, much to the confusion and annoyance of their families, as Zaki is suspected to be impotent.
Director
The film tells the bickering between Kulop Great and Small Kulop. Both of them operate a tailoring shop. In order to attract customers, many ways to do them ...
Director
Dahlan is a poetical says expert who has been summoned by the Sultan to replace the late poetic says expert. He is arranged to stay with Datok Prime Minister; whose daughter soon falls in love with him. The marriage took place without Dahlan's wife, Dahlia's knowing since the strict royal Palace rule forbids Dahlan to mix around with commoners and he misses his wife and family. The aching absence of his family and news of his parent's death left Dahlan very sick yet he continues to battle with his new wife and the Prime Minister for the day he can be reunited with Dahlia.
Director
Dayang an actor suffering from the decline due to increasing age and try to change the appearance to look younger. Film Muda Mudi is a Malay film which was published in Malaysia in 1965. The film Muda Mudi issued in the form of black and white film without color. Muda Mudi film directed by director M. Amin in 1965.
Screenplay
A prince take decision to leave the palace and begin his journey with his friend, disguise as merchants, in order to know his people better.
Director
A prince take decision to leave the palace and begin his journey with his friend, disguise as merchants, in order to know his people better.
Director
The film tells the Cucu Datuk Awang Red Beard the grandson of Datuk Merah, a famous commander again honored in Terengganu once. Awang often proud of the original seed. He did not want to make a normal work in the village though sadly had to live with his wife Wan Kuntum. They lived together an assistant in a large ancestral home but empty.
Director
To seek revenge on a woman whom doesn't reciprocate his love, Dato Ali lies to the Sultan that misfortune will befall him and his kingdom if a sacrificial ritual is not performed. The Sultan believes him and orders that the sacrificial ritual be carried out, without knowing that it involves the use of blood from a woman in her first pregnancy on the sail boat 'Lancang Kuning' before its maiden voyage.
Dang Anom, the beautiful daughter of Sang Rajuna Tapa, is engaged to Panglima Malang. Having fallen for Dang Anom, the Sultan makes her his concubine against her wish. Panglima Malang is helpless but manages to sneak into the palace for a secret meeting with Dang Anom. Unfortunately, they are caught and the Sultan sentences the lovers to be killed in a cruel manner. In order to save his daughter, Sang Rajuna Tapa opens the gate of the fort and lets the army of the Majapahit into the sultanate.
Hang Tuah
Inspired by a Malay legend about two friends whose relationship is tested by conflicting loyalties.
Sultan Mahmud Shah
Based on the royal and political events during the heyday of the Malacca Sultanate. A member of the Sultanate, Megat Datuk Seri Rama, successfully defeats a group of pirates, and rescues a local beautiful woman in the process. The king, Sultan Mahmud, was delighted with his victory for his kingdom and promotes Megat Datuk Seri Rama to Rear Admiral Datuk. This leads to resentment and jealousy from another member of the court, Bija Tun Ali, especially after Rear Admiral Megat Datuk Seri Rama marries the woman he rescued. Bija Tun Ali then leads a conspiracy against him which ultimately leads to tragedy and upheaval in the kingdom. Written by mahajanssen
The film tells of Pak Pandir, a rich man who uses a strange approach to his daily life. She raised her four children using a strict disciplinary approach such as having to get up early in the morning, to sleep early at night, and not to mix with women as well as the common people in the village. However, without her knowledge, her children were already hanging out with the people in her village. The problem begins when her children compete against each other to win the heart of a girl who is in fact a dumb girl who is an individual who desperately wants her daughter to marry rich and wealthy people. Unfortunately, without the knowledge of his children Mr Pandir himself managed to get the girl to be his wife.
Che Mamat is always unfortunate. Most of the things that he does goes wrong which makes him wasting most of his time telling stories to kids. Due to his lover pressure he agrees to enter a short story competition. His winning over this competition changed his lifestyle very drastically when he was being offered a position as a reporter at a national newspaper.
Inspektor Dasuki
The story of an oily man that escape from a prison with the help of his master. With the escape of that oily man, it make the people of the village afraid and feel unsecure
The movie adaptation based on the legend of Raden May Ayu. It follows the original tale rather closely, though a few variations of the legend do exist. The essence of each of the variations is more or less the same: Radin Mas Ayu is the baby daughter of Pangeran (brother of the Sultan of Java) and a court dancer; she is forced to go on exile to Temasek with his father after the Sultan disagrees with her parents' marriage and burns their house down, killing her mother. Radin Mas Ayu grows up to be a pious and filial daughter, but is despised out of jealousy by her stepmother. She eventually sacrifices herself as she shields her father from a murderous attack.
When the treasure map that became a bone of contention has fallen into the hands of a famous comedian, various funny action applies. Rasa Sayang Eh is a Malay film published in Malaysia in 1959. The film Rasa Sayang Eh published in the form of color film. Rasa Sayang Eh film first aired in 1959 in the cinema across the country. Displaying Wahid Satay, Dollah Sarawak, Kasma Booty, Salmah Ahmad, M. Amin, Yem and crowded again.
Assistant Director
A village comes alive with fear when a nefarious ‘oily man’ terrorises women in the dead of night. At their wits end, the local police enlist the help of talented police inspector Dasuki to trap and end the oily man’s mischief. Orang Minyak was digitally restored by the Asian Film Archive in 2018 using a 16mm black & white composite release print from its collection.
A village comes alive with fear when a nefarious ‘oily man’ terrorises women in the dead of night. At their wits end, the local police enlist the help of talented police inspector Dasuki to trap and end the oily man’s mischief. Orang Minyak was digitally restored by the Asian Film Archive in 2018 using a 16mm black & white composite release print from its collection.
Nasir
Abidin is an engineer working in a mine . The mine owner named Hamid was a cheapskate. Hamid had a daughter named Maimonides who love Abidin . One day , an accident at the mine and a worker had died. Hamid does not want to pay the compensation to the families of these workers.
A malay classic film produce in 1951 with star name such as P Ramlee, Kasma Booty, Neng Yatimah. Directed by B.S. Rajhans
The film Dewi Murni is an adaptation of Kalidasa’s Shakuntala. This is established through the identification of chronological events that are similar to the story of Shakuntala authored by Kalidasa. Adaptations have been made to the Indian story, transforming it to the Malay version and prominent differences are notable. The principal story of Dewi Murni remains the same whereby the main characters meet in unlikely surroundings, woo and get married. Both King Dushyanta [in Shakuntala] and King Indraloka [in Dewi Murni] lose memory of their wives (in different ways), the heroines lose their signet rings and are rejected by their respective husbands at the palace court. In both stories, the rings are discovered in a fish’s maw and upon its re-emergence, the kings’ memories of their respective wives are regained. In the end after a period of separation, the lovers are reunited. - Sumathi Maniam Raj & Raja Morgan Veerappan
KEMBAR is about two identical twin sisters who are separated at a young age. One of the twins, Asmah (Mariam), gets lost during a family outing to a night carnival. An old fisherman finds Asmah and adopts her. The other twin, Asiah (also Mariam, in a double role), grows up to be a famed dance hostess. Asmah, on the other hand, lives in the fishing village with her foster father. A chance encounter (love at first sight) in waters off the village leads Asmah to fall in love with Bashir, a wealthy young man from the city. However, they lose touch when Asmah relocates elsewhere to work as a servant. Bashir tries to seek Asmah out, but gets acquainted with the other twin Asiah instead. A case of mistaken identity that eventually leads to tragedy.