Djadjakusuma

Djadoeg Djajakusuma was born on 1 August 1918 in Parakan, near Temanggung, in central Java, the son of a civil servant of the lesser nobility. Under the Japanese occupation he worked at the cultural centre in Jakarta, then taught the performing arts and was a journalist. Having joined Perfini in 1951 at the invitation of Usmar Ismail, he directed twelve films there, studied cinema in the United States in 1956 and 1957, then devoted himself to wayang and lenong, which he brought back to life. He taught at the Jakarta Institute of the Arts and died on 28 October 1987.

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• CinemaTiger from TjampaHarimau TjampaDjadjakusuma · 1953Cinema