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Merantau (2009)

2009 Indonesian film directed by Gareth Evans

Released
July 2009
Country
Indonesia
Language
Indonesian
Genre
Martial arts film
Director
Gareth Evans
Screenplay
Gareth Evans
Producer
Ario Sagantoro
Editing
Gareth Evans
Starring
Iko Uwais, Sisca Jessica, Christine Hakim, Donny Alamsyah, Alex Abbad, Ratna Galih, Yayan Ruhian
Running time
134 minutes
Distributor
Netflix
Set in
Indonesia

Merantau, released in some countries as Merantau Warrior, is a 2009 Indonesian martial arts action film written, directed and edited by Gareth Evans, and starring Iko Uwais. The film marked Uwais' debut as an actor and was the first collaboration between director Evans and star Uwais. It also marks the acting debut of Yayan Ruhian, who, along with Uwais, Evans met while shooting for a documentary in Indonesia. It was this documentary which introduced Evans to the martial art of pencak silat.

More films directed by Gareth Evans

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q6817943 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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