Joyful Mystery
7.4
“In the name of money, will you gamble your soul?”
August 1950. The fortunes of three impoverished friends and their families abruptly change after an airplane crashes in a nearby mountain. They rush to the crash site along with all the villagers, not to help the victims but to plunder their valuables. A dead American passenger carried a large amount of money in his briefcase, which Mesiong, Ponsoy, and Jamin find and avariciously keep for themselves. But the town mayor gets greedy and, with his hirelings, abducts the three to divest them of their booty.
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Cast
34 people
Tony Santos
Ponsoy
Also in
Child of Sorrow
Blessings of the Land
Johnny Delgado
Mesiong
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Aliwan Paradise
Summer Heat
Abbo Q. Dela Cruz
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Fight for Us
Gold, Silver, Death
Madeleine Gallaga
Also in
Unfaithful Wife
Sonata
Ching T Dacuycuy
Rodell Cruz
Ama Quiambao
Ada
Also in
Himala
Circumcision
Jaime Fabregas
Ronnie Lazaro
Jamin
Known for
Batang Quiapo
The Iron Heart
Charo Santos
Known for
Batang Quiapo
The Woman Who Left
Uro Q. dela Cruz
Alicia Alonzo
Pinang
Known for
Days of Being Wild
Abbo Q. Dela Cruz Director · Rody Lacap Cinematographer Jess Navarro Editor
United States release November 11, 1984 · Produced in Philippines · Languages English, Tagalog
Production
Experimental Cinema of the Philippines
Production
Philippines
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Misteryo sa Tuwa
Original language
Tagalog
Spoken on screen
English · Tagalog
Release dates
Japan · June 18, 1984
Premiere · PIA Film Festival, Shibuya
United States · November 11, 1984
Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
United States
October 23, 2020 · Premiere · San Diego Asian Film Festival / Restored Version
Canada
September 13, 1984 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Japan
January 15, 2021 · Digital · KTX.ph
Philippines
December 25, 1984 · Premiere · Metro Manila Film Festival
November 11, 2019 · Premiere · Cinema One Originals Film Festival (Restoration)
South Korea
January 15, 2021 · Digital · KTX.ph
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