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
- The Raid 2011
- The Raid 2 2014
- Havoc 2025
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.