Lintah Darat

Lintah Darat ([lɪnˈtah daˈrat]; Malay for Loan Shark) is a 1941 film from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) directed by Wu Tsun and produced by Jo Eng Sek.

When she is disappointed that the boy of her dreams, Safi'i, is more interested in her sister, Asnah decides to go to Batavia (now Jakarta) to become a singer.

[1] Lintah Darat, produced by Jo Eng Sek for Star Film, was directed by Wu Tsun.

[4] A review from Surabaya for the Soerabaijasch Handelsblad found the film interesting and easy to follow, particularly praising the condemnation of usury.

The American visual anthropologist Karl G. Heider writes that all Indonesian films from before 1950 are lost.