Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita
Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita is a 2004 Philippine romantic war drama film directed by Joel C. Lamangan from a story co-written with Ricky Lee, who solely made it into a screenplay. Starring Judy Ann Santos, Raymart Santiago, Jay Manalo, and Dennis Trillo, the film is a story of love, betrayal, and honour in wartime, set in the Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1941–1945) during World War II.
Plot
In the town of San Nicolas, Virginia, nicknamed "Inya", is newly married to her childhood sweetheart, Edilberto, and is excited about starting a new family. Ignacio "Igna" Basa is Inya's best friend, a transgender woman who has been in love with Edilberto for years. However, their lives are interrupted by the start of the Pacific War in December 1941 and the subsequent Japanese invasion.
More details
| author | Ricky Lee |
|---|---|
| director | Joel Lamangan |
| editor | Marya Ignacio |
| genre | drama romance |
| keywords | arrest best friend childhood sweetheart collaboration with imperial japan collaborator guerrilla hang imperial japan imperial japanese army japanese army japanese invasion japanese occupation kill killed in action married new family newly married pacific war philippine resistance against japan philippines campaign seppuku suspect town mayor transgender woman warn |
| musicBy | Von de Guzman |
| producer | Roselle Monteverde-Teo |
| productionCompany | BAS Films Regal Films |
| publisher | Regal Films Toho |
| theme | romantic drama |