Si Buta Lawan Jaka Sembung (also titled The Warrior II and The Warrior Against Blind Swordsman for international distribution) is a 1983 Indonesian fantastique

Fantastique

The Fantastique is a French term for a literary and cinematic genre that overlaps with science fiction, horror and fantasy.The fantastique is a substantial genre within French literature...

 martial arts movie and a sequel to 1981 film Jaka Sembung

Jaka Sembung

Jaka Sembung is a 1981 Indonesian fantasy martial arts film, based on a character of the same name on a comic book by Djair. Directed by Sisworo Gautama, one of the best-known Indonesian action directors, Jaka Sembung has established its position as a classic Indonesian action movie...

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Supporting character Si Buta is originally from a cartoon

Cartoon

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 on his own right and Bajing Ireng, a female freedom fighter versed in stealth, makes her first appearance in Jaka Sembung films. Main roles are played by action film

Action film

Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...

 star Barry Prima

Barry Prima

Barry Prima is an Indonesian actor and martial artist who was one of the biggest stars of Indonesian cinema during the 1980s. Of Indo ethnicity, he is the oldest of 4 siblings to a Dutch father and Indonesian mother.-Filmography:*Realita, Cinta dan Rock'n Roll a.k.a. Reality, Love, and Rock'N Roll...

 (Jaka Sembung), karate

Karate

is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...

ka Advent Bangun (Soca Indrakusuma alias

Pseudonym

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 Si Buta dari Gunung Iblis ("The Blind Man from Iblis Mountain")), Sri Gudhi Sintara (Dewi Magi), and Zurmaini (Roijah alias Bajing Ireng).

Synopsis

Dutch colonial

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 army in West Java

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 holds a martial arts tournament to select the best warrior to confront local warrior-freedom fighter Parmin (nicknamed Jaka Sembung). The winner is an obscure blind swordsman and the Dutch commander De Mandes (Gino Makasutji) commissions him. However, the swordsman is sympathetic with Jaka Sembung's cause and things get more complicated when magician seductress Dewi Magi as well as her guru

Guru

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(W. D. Mochtar) intervene on behalf of the Dutch.