Rajuan Alam (1956)

This film produced in Indonesia and based on the old Japanese folk saying that a mans happiness depends upon a knife house horse wife and singing bird tells the story of the restoration of a young man to his rightful place in his society and nation and depicts basic Indonesian traditions while outlining Indonesias successful fight against malaria with US cooperation The film follows Amin a village youth who attempts to earn a living in the city However he is unsuccessful and so he returns to his village to live with his wifetobe Marlina Before the couple can marry Marlina falls ill with malaria and only after she is cured are they able to wed The film was directed by Miriam Bucher and is a joint production of the US Information Service USIS and Produksi Film Negara PFN