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- Set in WWII Philippines during the Japanese occupation. This is the story of Pilar, a young woman who is both a loving wife and a wet nurse for the enemy's child. In the course of the war, her true devotion is put to the test.
- Inya, a heroine of the Philippine resistance against the Japanese during World War II, recalls events involving her husband Edilberto and their childhood friend Ignacio, a transvestite who, masquerading as a woman also named Inya, becomes the lover of the local Japanese commander Ichiru, and is caught between duty to be a spy for his country and friends and his reluctant but growing love for Ichiru.
- After the U.S. defeat in the Philippines, Madison leads a rag-tag group of U.S. soldiers against the Japanese occupiers. In this WW II drama, the Japanese set an island trap for the American troops.
- A woman falls in love with a Japanese soldier during the Japanese Occupation in the Philippines; the whole town turns against her.
- A tribute to Filipino soldiers' courage and valor.
- Then they came headlong into enemy territory defying all odds, surmounting all obstacles, harassing the entire Japanese Army and they were only two.
- THIS FAMILY SAGA THAT SPANS TWO DECADES, FROM THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION TO THE 1950s, IS ADAPTED FOR THE BIG SCREEN FROM THE RADIO SERIAL THAT WENT ON AIR IN THE 1950s.
- Favorable portrayal of Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, who approved of the bombardment of Pearl Harbor, as a patriot. The film is a jingoistic defense of Japanese imperialism.
- Aging Carmelo likes telling his grandson, Jobert about his youth in the Philippines. Jobert especially likes the stories about Carmelo's time in World War II, where he helped bury the legendary Yamashita treasure. When Carmelo is kidnapped, it is left to Jobert to go to Manila, using his grandfather's diary to find the treasure and save Carmelo before a Japanese crime boss steals the fortune.
- This gritty, atmospheric war movie dramatizes a chapter of World War II history in which 10,000 Japanese soldiers, fearing execution if they surrendered, disobeyed their own superiors' orders and barricaded themselves in Manila's Intramuros section along with a thousand or so unfortunate civilians. The walled city-within-the-city was built by Spanish colonialists from 1590 onward. Leading Allied forces trying to wear the trapped Axis troops' resistance down is Jock Mahoney as a gruff American officer carrying a big load of guilt from a prior operation gone wrong. Shot in impressive chiaroscuro-lit black-and-white on location, this was a fairly rare U.S. coproduction at the time, though the Philippines would shortly become a hub for English- language exploitation movies (with co-directors Eddie Romero and Gerardo de Leon among the busiest creators of features designed for both local and overseas audiences). WALLS OF HELL must have been a bittersweet project for de Leon: during WW2 he was forced to make propaganda films by Japanese occupiers even as he secretly worked against them in the underground resistance. - Dennis Harvey
- 19741h 30m5.8 (28)TV MovieDramatization of the trial of General Yamashita when he was tried for his actions in the Philippines during World War 2 that resulted in the death of thousands of civilians. And of how the lawyers assigned to defend him tried to.
- In the Philippines during the Japanese occupation, a Filipino soldier who is guilt-ridden over an incident that killed many civilians deserts the rebel army and retreats to a nearby barrio, where he is branded as a coward.
- A handful of soldiers (led by FPJ) holed up in a hilltop to repel the horde of advancing Japanese troops, sacrificing their lives for their beloved country, FPJ, the last man standing, was killed here, with bayonets, one of the rare times on screen (and fans don't like it).
- Gigantic in every aspect, this great war epic, filmed in color, won the FAMAS best photography statuette.
- Magkaibang Lahi tells the story of two sisters, Corazon del Rio (Corazon Noble), a former movie star before the war and Nenita (Rosita del Cielo). Cora was among the victims of Japanese atrocities during the last few weeks before the fall of Manila in 1945. She was bayoneted in the arm something that really happened to actress Corazon Noble. In the hospital while recuperating and being cared for by Charlie, the American officer who saved her life (the ubiquitous Art Cantrell) Nenita, Cora's sister meets the dashing American and a love affair develops. In the meantime the wealthy Fidel (Ely Ramos) resurfaces and is frantically searching for Cora. He is trying to rekindle a romantic past that was ruined by Fidel's mother (Isa Bonita) who looks down on movie actresses. Nenita and Charlie got married but the American officer has to remain in Manila to await his discharge. Nenita travels to the U.S. with Cora and both women receive the shock of their lives when they are given a frosty or chilly welcome by Charlie's family. Unable to endure their stay in the United States any longer, the sisters prepare to leave and return to the Philippines but Charlie accompanied by Fidel arrive in the nick of time. Charlie' s two haughty sisters are immediately chastised by their brother. They are charmed by the debonair Fidel now believing perhaps that Filipinos do not have tails and live in the trees. Charlie leaves his American family and comes back to the Philippines and Fidel and Cora are reunited and they live happily ever after. A happy ending all around. Magkaibang Lahi tackled the controversial and almost taboo "serious" interracial relationships that occasionally developed between American officers or G.I.s and Filipino women.
- Alex returns to a place familiar with a plot to rid of Japanese sympathisers.
- A humble tribute to the Filipino Soldiers: the authentic story of a people fit to live because they were not afraid to die.
- A mighty saga of men in war.