Bunohan: Return to Murder (2011)
"Bunohan" (original title)

A complex story of murder, passion and haunting memories for three estranged brothers and their ailing father.

Director:

Dain Said

Writer:

Dain Said

Stars:

Faizal Hussein, Zahiril Adzim, Pekin Ibrahim

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Faizal Hussein	...	Ilham
Zahiril Adzim	...	Adil Bunga Lalang
Pekin Ibrahim	...	Bakar
Bront Palarae	...	Deng
Namron	...	Pok Wah
Wan Hanafi Su	...	Pok Eng
Hushairi Husain	...	Jolok
Amerul Affendi	...	Muski
Sofi Jikan	...	Awang Sonar (as Soffi Jikan)
Jimmy Lor	...	Jing
Tengku Azura Tengku Awang	...	Mek Yah
Md. Eyzendy Md. Aziz	...	Gasi
Sufian Mohamed	...	Ketot & Tapa (as Sufian Muhamed)
Carliff Carleel	...	Chart
Mat Seman	...	Bakri

Storyline

Adil, a young Muay Thai kick-boxer, has just fled an honor fight-to-the-death. Ilham, an assassin who is also Adil's stepbrother, is promptly hired by the organizer of the death match to kill the fugitive. Looking for somewhere to hide and recover, Adil and a childhood friend take shelter in the Bunohan boxing club where Adil started his career. Ilham, meanwhile, has never been back to Bunohan since the day he left many years ago. Upon returning, memories of loneliness and abandonment flood his mind, and he experiences waves of resentment and regret. Bakar, the third brother, has also come home from the city; ostensibly a respectful schoolteacher, he is in reality a greedy and ruthless person, and is trying to convince his father to sell a burial ground to a construction company.

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Malaysia USA

Language:

Malay

Release Date:

8 March 2012 (Malaysia)

Also Known As:

Bunohan: Return to Murder

Filming Locations:

Kelantan, Malaysia

Box Office

Budget:

MYR 1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Easternlight Films, Convergence Entertainment, Apparat

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The official submission of Malaysia to the Best Foreign Language Film of the 85th Academy Awards 2013.

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Soundtracks

"Away Away We'd Go"
Written by Joe Kidd
Performed by Joe Kidd & Tom Bollocks
Courtesy of The Abang Guard

User Reviews

Casey's Movie Mania: BUNOHAN (2012) Review

Ever since Dain Said's highly-anticipated sophomore effort BUNOHAN (known internationally as RETURN TO MURDER) has made fascinating round in last year's prestigious Toronto Film Festival, this locally-made movie had been earning high praise from reputable top critics especially Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. And here it is -- let me just say BUNOHAN is simply a unique effort unlike most locally-made movie you often seen in the cinema. It's a kind of genre-defying movie that is deeply poetic and not the kind of a typical kickboxing movie you might expect at the first place (thanks to the misleading trailer campaign). Mind you, BUNOHAN is strictly an art-house effort that is hardly mainstream and might bore off many casual viewers who are particularly impatient with meditative plot structure. It's certainly admirable, but not nearly enough to rank this as one of the best Malaysian movies ever made...

Read more at http://caseymoviemania.blogspot.com/2012/04/bunohan-2012.html