A story about Kumander Gringa a renegade army colonel who launched an unsuccessful mutiny against the leadership of Philippines president Corazon Aquino.
His bad fate and past life drove him to find another life in the mountain. He obtained his power from an old hermit who gave him his magic cane before he died. He faced a lot of trials and saved the barrio from the mercy of bandits.
Set at the backdrop of the 1969 congressional elections, Banta ng Kahapon unravels the story of men as pawns in a millue of political power - men best described as beholden only to amorality and the highest bidding politicos who pay their services.
A 1975 action film directed by Augusto Buenaventura. It is distinguished for being the movie to win the Best Picture award in the very first Metro Manila Film Festival.