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Tropical Manila

  • 2008
  • 1h 29m
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5.6/10
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Tropical Manila (2008)
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Nearly 15 years have passed since Kim Dusik fled to the Philippines after committing a murder in Korea. He presently lives in Manila with his Filipino wife, Medusa, and their 15-year-old Kop... Read allNearly 15 years have passed since Kim Dusik fled to the Philippines after committing a murder in Korea. He presently lives in Manila with his Filipino wife, Medusa, and their 15-year-old Kopino (Korean-Filipino) son, Philip. Away from his homeland, Dusik's overwhelming yearning f... Read allNearly 15 years have passed since Kim Dusik fled to the Philippines after committing a murder in Korea. He presently lives in Manila with his Filipino wife, Medusa, and their 15-year-old Kopino (Korean-Filipino) son, Philip. Away from his homeland, Dusik's overwhelming yearning for his old mother causes him to inflict violence on his son and sexually abuse his wife. H... Read all

  • Director
    • Sang-woo Lee
  • Writer
    • Sang-woo Lee
  • Stars
    • Jerald de Vera
    • Su-Nam Kim
    • Maries Chanel Rebucas
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    • Director
      • Sang-woo Lee
    • Writer
      • Sang-woo Lee
    • Stars
      • Jerald de Vera
      • Su-Nam Kim
      • Maries Chanel Rebucas
    • 2User reviews
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      • Sang-woo Lee
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      • Sang-woo Lee
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    The way men from developed countries make Filipino women into sex slaves is similar to the history of Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro of the Spanish kingdom raping the Inc

    The way men from developed countries make Filipino women into sex slaves is similar to the history of Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro of the Spanish kingdom raping the Incas and Aztecs.

    Watching this movie, I thought of Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro of the Spanish kingdom. Francisco Pizarro and Hernán Cortés raped women when they were eating the Incas and Aztecs of South America. That is how the South American races we have today were born. There were many cases where Inca and Aztec women ran away to avoid being raped by the Spaniards or smeared their feces all over their bodies and were eventually raped. It seems like that. In this movie, the father was Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro, and the mother was an Inca and Aztec sex slave.

    This movie is about a gangster who committed a crime in a developed country and ran away to an underdeveloped country. This Tropical Manila shows in detail how people in developed countries think of the underdeveloped Philippines. This movie only shows one developed country, but there are many cases where men from developed countries like the UK, Australia, and the US behave like this towards Filipino women. European or American men, who are perverts with a lot of sexual desire, often go to South American countries called "the entertainment districts of the world", Venezuela, and the Philippines when they are sexually satiated. And I saw many British, Portuguese, and Spanish men who had sex there, raped women, and ran away after having babies. That's why there are many mixed-race people in the Philippines and South American countries. To these foreigners, the Philippines, South American countries like Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Chile, and Venezuela are women they can rape, and whenever they want to have sex, they rape them, make them pregnant, and then run away. Even now, there are many cases in the Philippines and South American countries like Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Chile, and Venezuela where people are treated like sex slaves and die like the mother in Tropical Manila.

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    • Release date
      • January 2008 (Netherlands)
    • Countries of origin
      • South Korea
      • Philippines
    • Languages
      • Filipino
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • Tropical
    • Filming locations
      • Metro Manila, Philippines
    • Production companies
      • Eccena
      • Iamsam Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 29m(89 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1 / (high definition)

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