Samarang is a 1933 American Pre-Code action film directed by Ward Wing and written by Thomas J. Geraghty.

[1][2] Its copyright was registered in 1933 but was not renewed, so the film is in the public domain.

[4] On an island called Samarang, in a village of fishermen, Ahman falls in love with Sai-Yu, the daughter of a local chieftain.

To improve his social status and be able to marry her, Ahman joins an expedition to the Forbidden Lagoon of Sakai, where big pearls are said to abound.

With its exotic location, Samarang followed the formula of other educational films of that time, mixing footage of factual cultural scenes with its fictional romance story, and as an American ethnographic film included displays of nudity that were considered acceptable.