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.
Social & External
The people behind it
Mia Fanglayan
Fas-ang
Kurt "Ayeo-eo" Lumbag Alalag
Okdo
Miyuki Kamimura
Tanabata
Danilo Balanay
Tiago
Yoshiro Takada
Terada
Yoshihito Tsukasa
Okamoto
Shane Daweg
Bontoc Woman
Rainell Cosme
Bontoc
John Rey Sagamla
Fas-ang's Father
Lito Casaje
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