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Badjao (1957)
Directed by Lamberto V. Avellana
“A pagan boy and a beautiful Moslem girl fulfill their fiery and primitive love!”
Drama, Romance, Adventure, Action · 1h 45m
Hassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala Amai, the niece of the chief of the Tausugs, an Islamic, land-dwelling tribe. Although the Hassan is willing to give up his lifestyle for Bala Amai and vice versa, the Tausugs plot to break up the union of the happy couple.
Cast
Rosa Rosal
Tony Santos
Leroy Salvador
Joseph de Cordova
Vic Silayan
Pedro Faustino
Crew
- Director
- Lamberto V. Avellana
- Writer
- Rolf Bayer
- Director of Photography
- Mike Accion
- Editor
- Enrique Jarlego, Sr.
Details
- Release date
- 1957-06-03
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Adventure, Action
- Original language
- TL
- Spoken languages
- Tagalog
- Countries
- Philippines
- Production
- LVN Pictures