“A secret world... where freedom is obedience and authority is violence.”
Sid Lucero, a 21-year old pre-Med student, is an aspiring neophyte of the Alpha Kappa Omega fraternity. Over a six-month initiation period, he and six other neophytes are subjected to severe physical and psychological torture in and outside the fraternity house.
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Cast
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Mark Gil
Sid Lucero
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Outside
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Mike de Leon Director · Clodualdo del Mundo Jr. Writer Raquel Villavicencio Writer
First release May 17, 1982 · Produced in Philippines · Original title ΑΚΩ 81
Production
MVP Pictures
Production
Philippines
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Languages
Original title
ΑΚΩ 81
Original language
Tagalog
Spoken on screen
Tagalog
Release dates
France · May 17, 1982
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Philippines · November 18, 1982
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 12, 1982 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
March 29, 2023 · Limited theatrical
Indonesia
October 11, 2025 · Premiere · Frames of Fear: Asian Horror Film Festival
Italy
August 30, 2017 · Premiere · Venice International Film Festival
Japan
February 26, 2020 · Theatrical · Restored Version
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