The Pirate and The Emperor’s Ship

Documentary
Language : Hokkien/Indonesian
Directed by : Khoo Eng Yow
Duration : 65 mins
2008

The notorious "Pirate King" Tan Lian Lay (aka Tan Teck Hui) once terrorised the waters of Perak Malaysia and Bagan Siap-Api, Indonesia. His personal story and the history of his coastal bases are a mix of fact, fiction, legend, myth and religious belief.

Field researcher Lee Eng Kew (aka Ah Kew) retraces how a notorious criminal went from being a powerful gang leader to a hunted man, and later became revered as a deity. It is a story that encompasses the WWII Japanese occupation of South East Asia, the British colonial rule, and the power of the assimilation of myth into history, which still affects people today.

The Pirate and the Emperor's Ship is the second collaboration between Eng Yow and Eng Kew, after the documentary, Ah Kew The Digger.

Field Research / Narrator : Lee Eng Kew
Director / Producer / Writer : Khoo Eng Yow
Videographer : Jeffrey Loh & Khoo Eng Yow
Editor : Khoo Eng Yow
Mandarin subtitle : Lee Eng Kew
English subtitle : Allan Koay
Distributed by : Da Huang Pictures

Movie Road Show :

13/02/2009 (Fri) 8pm
Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (admission free)
*Co-organizer: Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall

14/02/2009 (Sat) 9pm
GSC 1-Utama RM10
Ticket: www.shop.dahuangpictures.com
Walk in before screening is welcome.

16/02/2009 (Mon) 8pm
Persatuan Heng Ann, Melaka
Ticket: RM10
Tel: 06-2833217
*Co-organizer: Persatuan Heng Ann

17/02/2009 (Tue) 8pm
Southern College, Johor
RM5
*Co-organizer: Southern College

09/03/2009 (Mon) 8pm
Papan/Pusing, Perak (admission free)

10/03/2009 (Tue) 8pm
Taiping (admission free)

11/03/2009 (Wed) 8pm
Han Chiang College, Penang (admission free)
*Co-organizer: Han Chiang College

*Eng Kew & me will be attending all the screenings.