Samiun dan Dasima
1971 film by Hasmanan
Samiun dan Dasima (Indonesian for Samiun and Dasima) is a 1971 Indonesian film directed by Hasmanan. Starring Chitra Dewi and W.D. Mochtar, it follows a njai (concubine) named Dasima who is wooed, misled, and ultimately killed by a man who seeks her wealth.
Plot
Dasima (Chitra Dewi) is the njai (concubine) of an Englishman named Edward William (A. Hamid Arief). She lives unhappily with him and their daughter, Nancy (Astri Ivo). Her wealth is recognised by Samiun (W.D. Mochtar), a black market vendor. Owing to the spending of his wife Hayati (Sofia W.D.) and the extortions of the gambling addict Puasa (Wahid Chan), Samiun is indebted to Chinese moneylenders. Hayati tells him that he may marry Dasima as a second wife to take her wealth.
Samiun—having claimed that he wants to bring Dasima back to Islam—gains the help of a dukun (shaman), who tells him to collect some of her hair to power the spell. He arranges for a woman named Mak Buyung (Fifi Young) to gain employment at William's house. Over time, Dasima and Mak Buyung become closer, and the former expresses concern for her position, feeling guilty for having left her Islamic teachings.
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