Berdjoang (literally "struggle", also known under the title Hope of the South) is a 1943 film from the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).
Starring Mohamad Mochtar, Sambas, Dhalia, Kartolo, and Chatir Harro, it follows several villagers and their different approaches to Japanese military rule.
The propaganda film was meant to draw Indonesians to enter a Japanese-sponsored army and survives, in part, in the Netherlands.
Two village boys, the best friends Saman (Sambas) and Anang (Mohamad Mochtar), try to join the army.
Saman, who has proven himself with his diligence, is promoted and eventually marries his boss's daughter, Nani (R.A. Pulunggana).
Ariffien,[5] but the Indonesian film historian Misbach Yusa Biran suggests that a Japanese man named Kurata Bunjin was the actual director, with Rd.
[4] This extract was screened at the 1997 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, during a feature on Japanese newsreels and other productions during the occupation of the Indies.