Tanabata's Wife

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.

Cast

Mia Fanglayan

as Fas-ang

Kurt "Ayeo-eo" Lumbag Alalag

as Okdo

Miyuki Kamimura

as Tanabata

Danilo Balanay

as Tiago

Yoshiro Takada

as Terada

Yoshihito Tsukasa

as Okamoto

Shane Daweg

as Bontoc Woman

Rainell Cosme

as Bontoc

John Rey Sagamla

as Fas-ang's Father

Lito Casaje

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