Tatay Nick
Middle-aged Manila storeowner Amelita supplements her tiny income by collecting bets for the popular numbers game of jueteng. While looking out for police crackdowns, the masterfully persuasive Amelita cajoles all comers into placing wagers.
Poet
Inya, a heroine of the Philippine resistance against the Japanese during World War II, recalls events involving her husband Edilberto and their childhood friend Ignacio, a transvestite who, masquerading as a woman also named Inya, becomes the lover of the local Japanese commander, Ichiru, and is caught between a duty to be a spy for his country and friends and his reluctant but growing love for Ichiru.
Mang Tomas
A woman who falls under the sway of a crime boss plots to bring him down after a horrible betrayal in this drama from the Philippines. Azun (Elizabeth Oropesa) is a wife and mother living in a dangerous neighborhood in Manila, where she peddles goods on the street. Azun's husband Roque (Bembol Roco) becomes involved in a burglary that goes awry, leading to a lengthy jail sentence. With few options, and needing safety and support, Azun becomes involved with Timo (Christopher De Leon), leader of a local crime syndicate. But Timo's protection does not extend to Azun's teenage daughter Ada (Angelu De Leon); Timo rapes Ada, then forces her to leave her boyfriend (Jomari Yllana) and start dancing in his strip club. When Azun learns what Timo has done to Ada, she makes plans to get her revenge.
Prof. Sales
Villagers have been disappearing since a new neighbor moved in.
Priest
Gloria is a pretty laundress working for a rich young couple. Her male employer is sick and tired of his wife's negative ways, so he decided to use Gloria to rile her.
Ka Elias
In the absence of the genuine article, stable boy Pandoy serves as the Panday, forging a magic sword out of a meteorite and fighting pirates and white slavers. The film features a subplot of Pandoy having to choose between two romantic interests.
Torres
Kevin Cosme and his children's safety is compromised when one of his sons witnesses a crime and becomes in possession of an incriminating cassette tape.
A strong-willed matriarch and her family leave their fishing village for Manila after an oil spill.
Hartono
1965년 시드니의 ABS 방송기자 해밀턴(Guy Hamilton: 멜 깁슨 분)은 첫 해외 근무지인 인도네시아의 자카르타에 도착한다. 극심한 빈곤과 좌우익의 이념의 대결로 수카르노 정권이 위기를 맞고 있을 때 신참 해외특파원 해밀턴은 노련한 타회사 특파원들 틈에서 고전을 면치 못한다. 프리랜서 사진기자인 난쟁이 콴이 해밀턴에게 호의를 보이며, 공산당 최고 지도자와의 인터뷰를 성사시켜 준다. 이 특종 하나로 해밀턴은 단번에 일류 특파원으로 인정받고 다른 특파원들의 시기의 대상이 된다. 콴은 영국대사관 직원 질(Jill Bryant: 시고니 위버 분)을 해밀턴에게 소개해 준다. 불같은 정열과 얼음 같은 냉철함을 갖춘 미모의 지성인 질. 두 사람은 첫대면부터 사랑을 느끼고 갈 수록 뜨거운 관계로 발전한다. 해밀턴은 콴한테서 공산당이 중국의 지원으로 바란을 일으킬 것이라는 정보를 입수하고 보도하면서 요주의 인물로 지목된다. 수카르노를 영웅으로 생각하던 콴은 수카르노의 장지집권과 부정부패에 회의를 느끼고 반정부 프래카드를 호텔에 내건뒤 자살한다. 드디어 공산당이 반란을 일으키고 시내는 혼란에 빠진다. 해밀턴은 혼란 속에서 더이상 자신이 설 곳을 찾지 못하고 간신히 빠져 나와 비행기에 오른다.
Matthew's father
Maricel, Dina, and Snooky are in for exciting times as they hit the college campus! They meet cute guys, join organizations, fall in love with their professor, and get into all sorts of mess.
Farmer
Alice, Benjie and Andro are bank robbers who go into hiding in the jungle after one of them kills a civilian during a heist.
