Four childhood friends face the challenges and atrocities of the Japanese occupation and World War 2 in the Philippines, where their loyalties, identities, and destinies are tested.Four childhood friends face the challenges and atrocities of the Japanese occupation and World War 2 in the Philippines, where their loyalties, identities, and destinies are tested.Four childhood friends face the challenges and atrocities of the Japanese occupation and World War 2 in the Philippines, where their loyalties, identities, and destinies are tested.
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This is one of the best Filipino shows I've ever watched. - Seeing how the story unfolds makes me want to see what happens next, and the plot is also well written. I am SO proud of everyone who has contributed to this series.
Another positive aspect of the show is how true to reality the beginning of the Japanese war and colonization of the Philippines is. I really commend the team for their researches.
The visuals, the story, the characters are amazing, just like the people who have tried their best to make this show a reality.
The beginning already got me hooked, as I saw how all the characters matured one by one.
The chemistry, different relationships and various interactions between the characters are all skillfully done. The scenes either make me want to laugh or cry.
I am pleased and satisfied to have come across this series, and I am very content.
Another positive aspect of the show is how true to reality the beginning of the Japanese war and colonization of the Philippines is. I really commend the team for their researches.
The visuals, the story, the characters are amazing, just like the people who have tried their best to make this show a reality.
The beginning already got me hooked, as I saw how all the characters matured one by one.
The chemistry, different relationships and various interactions between the characters are all skillfully done. The scenes either make me want to laugh or cry.
I am pleased and satisfied to have come across this series, and I am very content.
Great actors (except for the actress who plays Adelina. She is way too much and I hate her facial expressions and outburts of emotions, and gestures. OVERACTING!!!!) and I would've given it a perfect score had the CGI been good and the Japanese language more convincing. Philippine production still has a long, long, long way to go but this is truly an entertaining and educational show. I hope they didnt change the song intro though. This is just one of the only two shows where I never skip the intro. But since episode 39, when the song intro changed, I started skipping it. I dont like the new song intro. If it is a part of the same song, then I dont like that part at all. Anyway, overall, this show is just one of the very few Filipino shows that entertains me. I rarely watch pinoy shows coz they are all just the same but this one is okay. I just hope someone would tell that actress to tone it down. She is freaking me out. Her character isnt a crazy woman but she's acting CRAZY with too much energy that she has become too annoying to watch.
Only those who have low-standard toward films will rate this war-drama series good or great. It was only entertaining when the story was about the childhood experiences of the lead characters, but when they became adults, everything fell apart. The dialogues are not impressive, and the director does not have the skills to direct action sequences. The whole series was only interesting at first, and only because there are not a lot of war-drama shows that had been produced in the Philippine film industry. The overacting, Japs speaking Tagalog, Pinoy looking Japs, foolish sequences, lazy cam angles (from the Jap invasion down to the end) rubbished or undeveloped characters, crying for 10 to 20 seconds too long, location felt like as just a small district or a barangay, anti-climatic with a horrendous ending, not in 4K, et cetera!!!
One of the greatest Filipino series in our generation showcasing the battle for life and freedom of our ancestors during colonization of Imperial Japan. This show open our younger minds of how critical history is in our daily lives. It shaped who we are today. Our culture, our tradition and our character. Hands up to the creators, producers, all staff and actors who make this series move our hearts and feel from deep within how to be a Filipino which is very relevant to these days. Mabuhay Pilipinas kahit ang hirap mong mahalin. This kind of series sometimes reminds me of why I am a Filipino and why we should love the Philippines.
Not just a single episode ever watched, Pulang Araw proves a breeding ground, about a war. It shows the faith, the thrill, the agony and irony.
Forteza and Licauco's chemistry can compare to Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano, and it shows the resemblance, from their predecessor, Maria Clara and Ibarra. The narratives prove how their on-screen chemistry grow.
It took over twelve years to adopt this into a teleserye, it what goes like, in a teleserye that adopts a historical narrative.
Regardless of who you are, either if you're a Kapamilya, Kapuso or Kapatid, it presents that how it went well and made this show, worth watching.
Forteza and Licauco's chemistry can compare to Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano, and it shows the resemblance, from their predecessor, Maria Clara and Ibarra. The narratives prove how their on-screen chemistry grow.
It took over twelve years to adopt this into a teleserye, it what goes like, in a teleserye that adopts a historical narrative.
Regardless of who you are, either if you're a Kapamilya, Kapuso or Kapatid, it presents that how it went well and made this show, worth watching.
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- TriviaThe first-ever World War II-themed teleserye in the Philippines, the series became a favorite of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Emille Joson and the legendary "Divine Diva" Zsa Zsa Padilla. James Patrick Anarcon of Philippine Entertainment Portal praised the ensemble cast, particularly highlighting Rhian Ramos for bringing remarkable depth to her character. Meanwhile, Mikhail Lecaros of The Philippine Star Life commended the series for its impressive production design, visuals, costumes, and performances, though he also critiqued its reliance on familiar telenovela tropes.
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