1945 PETA Revolt in Blitar national sentiments of the local people from the very beginning of its arrival, so that they would support the Japanese occupation of Indonesia. The Japanese military forces did not suppress nor restrain Indonesian people's desire for sovereignty for their nation. Instead, Indonesia Raya was allowed to be played in the middle of the city street, and ‘Sang Merah Putih’, the national flag of Indonesia could be displayed everywhere. Japan tried to spread propaganda, to make sure that Indonesians perceived imperial Japan as a friend who came to help liberate the nation, instead of as an enemy who exploited resources of
Lentera Merah that Risa is killing them because they are related to the staff members who killed her. Iqbal's father, a "Lentera Merah" staff member in 1965, comes to the campus to warn his son. As the remaining students leave to find Risa's body and give it a proper burial, Risa appears and strangles Iqbal's father. Having found closure, she vanishes. "Lentera Merah" had a screenplay by Gina S. Noer. According to Evi Mariani of "The Jakarta Post", the title is reminiscent of Soe Hok Gie's history of the Indonesian Communist Party, "Di Bawah Lentera Merah" ("Beneath the Red Lantern"). "Lentera Merah"