November 10th (titled Battle of Surabaya in Indonesia) is a 2015 anime-influenced Indonesian animated war drama film, produced by MSV Pictures.
[4] The film opens with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, followed by Japan's surrender to the Allied powers aboard the USS Missouri.
To help the Indonesian struggle, Musa and Yumna work as couriers for Resident Sudirman, traveling behind Allied and Japanese lines.
Musa initially considers quitting his work as a courier but changes his mind after his mother is killed in a fire, leaving him orphaned.
Mallaby, a new captain named John Wright arrives in Surabaya and takes increasingly active measures against the Indonesian nationalists and local supporters.
Based on information from his Kipas Hitam contacts, Captain Wright takes an interest in capturing Musa, who is couriering an encrypted instructions from the Indonesian political leadership to the military leaders organizing the resistance against the Allied forces.
Following the assassination of Brigadier Mallaby, full-scale hostilities break out between Allied and Indonesian forces in Surabaya, devastating much of the city.
Fellow script writer Aryanto also stated that the film be a coming of age story focus on the protagonist's inner conflict and psychological journey.
[10] While the November 10th was initially scheduled to be released in April 2014,[10] the lengthy production process meant that the film took three years to produce at a cost of IDR 15 billion (US$1 million).