Leftenan Adnan is a 2000 Malaysian Malay-language biographical war drama film directed by Aziz M. Osman and co-produced by both Grand Brilliance, Paradigmfilm, and the Malaysian Army. The film chronicles the actions of Adnan bin Saidi who had been involved as a Lieutenant of the Malay Regiment fending against the invasion of the Japanese army during the Second World War. A digitally-restored version of the film was released in 2020 as part of its 20th anniversary. Plot Adnan bin Saidi, a handsome Malay from Sungai Ramal in Kajang, Selangor who had joined the Malay Regiment of the British Colonial Forces just before the Second World War broke out in Asia. By the time the war broke out, he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and was in command of Company C, 1st Battalion, Malay Regiment after the death of the British company commander, Captain H R Rix. His exploits and bravery in combat while leading his men against the Japanese Imperial Army became legendary. The two known engagements he was involved in are: The Battle of Pasir Panjang, and The Battle of Bukit Chandu or Opium Hill. Both battles occurred during the final phase of the Japanese Imperial Army's assault on the city of Singapore during the Battle of Singapore. He later was executed after the battle. Cast Hairie Othman as Lieutenant Adnan bin Saidi Umie Aida as Safiah, Adnan's wife Farid Amirul as Major Fujiwara Faizal Hussein as Private Ayob Rusdi Ramli as Private Malik Shaharuddin Thamby as Ibrahim Yaacob Wahid Senario as Ismail Malim Mas M. Osman as Pak Saidi, Adnan's father Sherie Merlis as Tumirah Rambo Chin as General Tomoyuki Yamashita TS Jeffry as Lai Teck Yank Kassim as Lim Bo Seng, Lai Teck's henchmen Zul Yahya as Ahmad bin Saidi Johan Abdullah as the Captain H R Rix Mejar Mohd Razak Omar as Sergeant Ngah Koperal Wan Shakri Wan Fe as Private Ali A Shepherd as The Doctor Williams Francis Hutchinson as Sir Smith Historical accuracy There are several historical liberties that were taken on the accounts of Adnan for dramatising purposes. The first point was Adnan's famously tragic death - in the film version, his death was not shown explicitly on film and discretely panned out to the closing credits, where it was implied that he and the surviving wounded in his company were tied to trees and bayoneted to death, which would