ial ▁arts , ▁and ▁also ▁elements ▁of ▁fant asy , ▁horror , ▁sci - fi , ▁and ▁also ▁some ▁m ild ▁sexual ▁content ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁port ray al ▁of ▁the ▁Cro cod ile ▁Queen . ▁ ▁Background ▁Just ▁like ▁the ▁better ▁known ▁character ▁J aka ▁S emb ung , ▁protagon ist ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁is ▁taken ▁from ▁a ▁com ic ▁book . ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁film ▁Mand ala ▁D ari ▁S ung ai ▁U lar ▁( M and ala ▁from ▁the ▁S nake ▁River ), ▁a ▁sequ el ▁to ▁The ▁Dev il ' s ▁S word , ▁is ▁an ▁e pon ym ous ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁cart oon . ▁The ▁main ▁difference ▁between ▁two ▁characters ▁is ▁that ▁Mand ala ▁is ▁a ▁war rior ▁from ▁myth ical ▁pre - I sl am ic ▁times ▁of ▁the ▁Arch ip el ago ▁while ▁J aka ▁S emb ung ▁is ▁a ▁Muslim ▁and ▁West ▁J avan ese ▁freedom ▁f ighter ▁against ▁Dutch ▁colonial ▁rule . ▁ ▁Plot ▁The ▁Dev il ' s ▁S word ▁follows ▁a ▁quest ▁to ▁find ▁an ▁ancient ▁sword ▁that ▁was ▁for ged ▁from ▁a ▁myster ious ▁met all ic ▁subst ance ▁that ▁fell ▁to ▁earth ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁a ▁meteor ite . ▁An ▁old ▁man ▁who ▁finds ▁the ▁meteor ite ▁creates ▁the ▁Dev il ' s ▁S word , ▁and ▁he ▁h ides ▁it ▁after ▁it ▁burn s ▁down ▁his ▁h ut . ▁Who ever ▁w ield s ▁the ▁sword ▁holds ▁the ▁greatest ▁power ▁imag in able ▁in ▁his