RUMAH KUNING - OUTSIDE LOOK

This environment concept art is titled TIKAM SAMURAI: RUMAH KUNING, which translates to Stabbing the Samurai: The Yellow House. The scene is set in the 1940s, during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia, specifically in a hidden brothel house located in the town of Payakumbuh, West Sumatra.

The Rumah Kuning (Yellow House) is depicted as a Chinese-Indonesian style brothel — a secretive and dimly-lit establishment that served as both a place of leisure for occupying Japanese officers and a covert space for underground resistance movements. The architecture reflects a blend of traditional Chinese ornamentation and Minangkabau influences, featuring curved roofs, wooden shutters, and red lanterns casting warm, eerie glows across worn bamboo screens.

This concept aims to capture the complex atmosphere of 1940s colonial Indonesia: a time of oppression, hidden resistance, cultural fusion, and psychological tension — all within the mysterious walls of Rumah Kuning.