It’s one of the scenes that really makes this film a cut above the rest. And visibly with Japanese influence in texture and tone leading one to wonder if it belongs to this ToFarm filmfest. Based on a short story by Sinai Hamada in the 1920s, it tells of a story of one Japanese migrant farmer Tanabata (Japanese actor Miyuki Kamimura) who settled in Trinidad Valley and grew cabbage and hired a Bontoc maiden Fasang (Mai Fanglayang) as a farmhand. She gave amnesty and ordered the release of all political detainees the instant Ferdinand Marcos was exiled to Hawaii. In fact, they were preparing a grand welcome for the president planing in from Cebu to implement the program.

Source: Philippine Star September 20, 2018 15:45 UTC