Ca Bau Kan
Ca-Bau-Kan recounts the love story between Tinung and Tan Peng Liang. Poverty-stricken and recently widowed, Tinung is forced to work as a ca-bau-kan in Kalijodo; ca-bau-kan refers to women who entertain for rich Chinese businessmen. Tan Peng Liang, a successful Chinese-descent businessman, happens to see her and he falls in love at the first sight.
Tan Peng Liang, however, has a conflict with Thio Boen Hiap, one of the leaders of the Kong Koan party, a party established by materialistic, profit-driven Chinese businessmen. Consequently, Tan Peng Liang and Thio Boen Hiap are involved in a battle of wits and deceits. Boen Hiap eventually outsmarts Tan Peng Liang, causing the latter to be imprisoned. Tan Peng Liang, however, manages to fake his death and escape to Macau.
Boen Hiap is not content with the news of Tan Peng Liang’s death, as he has lost his chance to fully take revenge on Tan Peng Liang. Hence, during the Japanese Occupation, he hands Tinung to the Japanese army as jugun ianfu, native women who are kept in the Japanese army base. Boen Hiap manages to persuade the Japanese army to give the Kong Koan party autonomy for he has offered Tinung.
Tan Peng Liang, who eventually returns to Indonesia after collecting enough money from his new involvement in illegal smuggling, rescues Tinung with the help of his half-brother, Rahardjo. Peng Liang’s rage on the Japanese who has abused Tinung becomes a monumental moment as he vows to support the Indonesian guerilla army to drive the Japanese away from his beloved land.
