6 Films & TV Shows Set In Philippines During The 1950s
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Godzilla
Nevada California Hawaii Tokyo Prefecture π΅π Philippines Pacific Ocean The 1990s The 1950s The 2010sThe world ends, Godzilla begins. β Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.
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Manila Kingpin
π΅π Philippines The 1950sThe Untold Story of Asiong Salonga β Mobster Asiong Salonga (ER Ejercito) rules the mean streets of Manila with an iron fistβuntil he is betrayed by a trusted friend. Manila Kingpin is based on the story of the notorious Tondo, Manila, gang leader Nicasio βAsiongβ Salonga, whose true-to-life accounts had been portrayed in several movie versions since 1961 (starring Joseph Estrada). It is also the first Filipino major film produced in black-and-white in the 21st century as well as the returning action genre movie. Before the film was shown, Tikoy Aguiluz requested the producers, through his lawyers, that his directorial credits in the film and promotional tools be removed because the final version of the film can no longer be described as his after the producers made a reedit, re-shoot and music mixing without his involvement. He also demanded that he be allowed to make a director's cut of the film.
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Man on the Moon
New York π΅π Philippines The 1950s The 1970s The 1980sHello, my name is Andy and this is my movie. β The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
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MacArthur
π―π΅ Japan π΅π Philippines π°π· South Korea The 1950s The 1940sThe film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.
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Written in Our Destiny
π΅π Philippines The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930s The 1910sThe Ferdinand Marcos Story β Chronicling the life of Ferdinand Marcos. the film highlights his colorful years growing up in a political family in northern Luzon made dramatic from allegations of murdering his father's political rival. His rise to political power crosses with his romance with the woman named Imelda Romualdez.
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Operation Petticoat
π΅π Philippines The 1950s The 1940s20,000 Laughs Under The Sea! β A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.