Tanabata's Wife
7.6
An adaptation of Sinai Hamada's short story. A Japanese farmer living in the Cordilleras hires a Bontoc woman to work at his farm, and eventually marries her.
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Cast
12 people
Mia Fanglayan
Fas-ang
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Kurt "Ayeo-eo" Lumbag Alalag
Okdo
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Miyuki Kamimura
Tanabata
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Danilo Balanay
Tiago
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Yoshiro Takada
Terada
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Yoshihito Tsukasa
Okamoto
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Shane Daweg
Bontoc Woman
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Tokwifi
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Rainell Cosme
Bontoc
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John Rey Sagamla
Fas-ang's Father
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Lito Casaje
Kislap Alitaptap
Brian Arda
Buklao
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Siphayo
Respect
Choy Pangilinan Director · Lito Casaje Director Charlson Ong Director
First release September 12, 2018 · Produced in Philippines · Languages Japanese, Tagalog
Production
Universal Harvester Incorporated
Production
Philippines
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Tagalog
Spoken on screen
Japanese · Tagalog
Release dates
Philippines · September 12, 2018
Premiere · TOFarm Film Festival
Philippines · August 10, 2019
Limited theatrical · Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
March 13, 2019 · Premiere · Osaka Asian Film Festival
Malaysia
April 26, 2019 · Premiere · ASEAN International Film Festival
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