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Bocah5Racun, Indonesian for the 5 Poisons Kid, is a side character from 1977 wuxia flick The Sentimental Swordsman. He’s a legendary assassin whose modus operandi is murder by poisoning. People only speak his name in whispers, warning all who pass through the valley that is his hunting grounds to keep their packs close and their rations sealed.
Yeah, it’s a silly name—Silly cool. And as has always been the rule with wuxia, the dumber the name, the stronger they are.
That isn’t the case here, though. The ‘kid’ is a bearded old man with a high-pitched laugh who taunts the hero from the treetops as he hops from branch to branch. A casual dagger toss by the hero sticks the kid in the throat mid-air, killing him immediately.