José Rizal Manua

Acting

José Rizal Manua

Born

1954-09-14 (72)

Place of birth

Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Known for

Acting

Credits

15 titles

José Rizal Manua is an Indonesian poet and actor.

Known for

Badut Gendong poster
7.6

Darso, a clown busker, lost his wife and unborn child to thug violence. In grief, he brought his wife's body back to his village. However, the village is in chaos due to a conflict with an evil developer and a curse ritual that summons dark forces. Darso is also caught up in the evil forces connected to the person he loves most.

Badut Gendong

2026

On Your Lap poster
8.0

Sartika, a pregnant young woman, moves away from her city hoping to provide a better future for her child. She meets Maya, a coffee shop owner in Pantura. Maya takes care of Sartika and helps with her deliveries. After Sartika gives birth, Maya manipulates her into working for her as the "Kopi Pangku" waitress, a job that requires her to serve coffee on a man's lap, until one day she meets a fish distributor truck driver named Hadi and falls in love. Will she find happiness?

On Your Lap

2025

A Bowl of Chicken Noodles Before I Die poster
NR

If today were your last day, what one small thing would you really want to do? For Ale, the answer is simple: enjoy a bowl of his favorite chicken noodles before he truly gives up on life. But when his regular food cart is closed, that situation leads him into a series of unexpected encounters.

A Bowl of Chicken Noodles Before I Die

2026

Sakaratul Maut poster
7.0

At a time when Pak Wiryo found it difficult to die because he had a 'hold', the children of his first wife and second wife were fighting over the inheritance.

Sakaratul Maut

2024

Going Home poster
5.7

Johan Ten Berghe joins the Dutch army when the Dutch East Indies unilaterally declare independence as Indonesia. He initiates his naive driver Twan in life in the East, having grown up there as son of colonial official Hendrik, now missing. Their adventures intertwine with Johan's childhood memories, especially concerning his native best friend, Oeroeg, who joined the rebellion, as well as their nanny and later de facto stepmother. Conflicting loyalties become tangible in extreme situations

Going Home

1993

Danur: I Can See Ghosts poster
5.6

Risa is shocked that her three best friends are ghosts. An evil spirit kidnaps Risa's sister. Risa asks Peter, Wiliam, and Janshen for help.

Danur: I Can See Ghosts

2017

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

Badut Gendong poster
7.6

Darso, a clown busker, lost his wife and unborn child to thug violence. In grief, he brought his wife's body back to his village. However, the village is in chaos due to a conflict with an evil developer and a curse ritual that summons dark forces. Darso is also caught up in the evil forces connected to the person he loves most.

Badut Gendong

2026

On Your Lap poster
8.0

Sartika, a pregnant young woman, moves away from her city hoping to provide a better future for her child. She meets Maya, a coffee shop owner in Pantura. Maya takes care of Sartika and helps with her deliveries. After Sartika gives birth, Maya manipulates her into working for her as the "Kopi Pangku" waitress, a job that requires her to serve coffee on a man's lap, until one day she meets a fish distributor truck driver named Hadi and falls in love. Will she find happiness?

On Your Lap

2025

A Bowl of Chicken Noodles Before I Die poster
NR

If today were your last day, what one small thing would you really want to do? For Ale, the answer is simple: enjoy a bowl of his favorite chicken noodles before he truly gives up on life. But when his regular food cart is closed, that situation leads him into a series of unexpected encounters.

A Bowl of Chicken Noodles Before I Die

2026

Sakaratul Maut poster
7.0

At a time when Pak Wiryo found it difficult to die because he had a 'hold', the children of his first wife and second wife were fighting over the inheritance.

Sakaratul Maut

2024

The Prize! poster
8.5

Angku Wan, a retired teacher who won a raffle prize from a soap company. With those billions, Angku Wan intends to build a village for the common good. However, before claiming the money, Angku Wan died. The leader and villagers then worked together to devise a plan to claim the prize by faking Angku Wan's death. Things got complicated when a company representative came to validate the win.

The Prize!

2023

2000s · 7 titles

Sing to the Dawn poster
NR

Dawan is a young village girl who harbours the dream of getting out of her village in the lure of the bright lights in the big city, and to do so, has to fight customs and tradition that girls are meant to be bethroned away early at a young age to someone they loathe, and schools for them are an unnecessary part of life. In order to fulfill her dream, she has to go against the wishes of her dad, as well as irk her brother as she out-scores him in a local examination to clinch a scholarship. Also, their village is under threat of an unscrupulous landlord trying to bulldoze his way into profits by driving everyone out of his land.

Sing to the Dawn

2009

The Poet poster
6.8

The poet Ibrahim Kadir plays himself in a political drama about his arrest and incarceration in Aceh in the 1960s. Kadir survived the mass murder of suspected communists by the Indonesian government that cost between 500,000 and two million lives.

The Poet

2000

Angel's Cry poster
NR

Bulan is a street hawker whose parents were killed during the Bali Bombing in 2002. A talented sculptor, she secretly carves a statue inside a cave that she names the Angel's Cry. She gives the statue as a gift to her friend, Kevin, a mixed Balinese Caucasian, who wants to help by displaying the sculpture at his father’s gallery. An Australian tourist buys the statue and more so Bulan’s secret talent is revealed. The success brings a dramatic turn to her life and Kevin’s parents also adopt her.

Angel's Cry

2004

Fiction. poster
6.7

When a sheltered young woman becomes enamored with a struggling writer, she goes to great lengths to become involved in his creative process.

Fiction.

2008

Dead Time poster
6.9

A police and a journalist uncover series of murders that lead into one problem: A treasure many parties were fighting for and caused many casualties.

Dead Time

2007

The Romance of Two Dianas poster
10.0

Asmara is lucky to be married to Diana Wulandari, who is beautiful and wealthy. Inheritance lies ahead of him. But Asmara easily attracts women, as well as the sexy Diana Dwiyana. Soon, Diana becomes pregnant and asks Asmara to take responsibility. Apparently, she is the sister of an army colonel who would seek violent justice against him. But Diana Wulandari is also pregnant. As a gift, his father-in-law registers a new company and gives it to Asmara. Then Diana Dwiyana threatens to tell his wife of their affair. Terrified, Asmara hires Bakri, a hit man, to get rid of Diana Dwiyana. Then he disappears. During his flight, he meets a thug who tells him that the safest place to hide is in the prison. So Asmara makes trouble to go to jail. Due to his wit, Asmara even creates a new business inside prison and becomes the favorite inmate.

The Romance of Two Dianas

2009

Brownies poster
NR

After enduring heartbreak, a woman with a passion for baking brownies must choose between seeing someone new or getting back with her scheming ex.

Brownies

2004

1990s · 2 titles