ABOUT
THE
STORY
In the near ending of World
War II, the allied forces gained and
won the European soil against the Axis
power, V-E Day was then celebrated.
Meanwhile, in the Asia-Pacific the
stubborn Japanese Imperial Army
and all of its hopefuls do not want to
end war easily on Asia, even without
any pinch of hope in winning the war
either way. All eyes on Asia were set
by the leaders of Allied Forces. The
Philippines, being an American colony,
was the first stop of the Allied forces in
freeing Asia from the oppression of the
Japanese Empire. During the sleepless
exchange of firepower between the two
opposing side, there was a story untold
and never written in history, a story
which details the struggle of the victim
from its oppressors; a story worth to be
told.
Tago, depicts the life of well-off
family; rich and prominent sugar barons
in the Panay islands of the Philippines,
the familia Razon. Don Julio Razon, the
head of the family, was enlisted in the
Filipino-American army as a platoon
commander in the eve of the Japanese
occupation in the Philippines. He then
struggled in moving his family to the
mountainous outskirts of the island,
leaving their mansion and fields ablaze
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with the fear that the Japanese might
use it to their advantage.
Before entrusting her husband
in the hands of the countrymen’s
soldiers, Doña Maria Razon gives him
a heart-shaped locket to remind him
while he fights for freedom that she
belongs in his heart forever and will
be waiting eagerly for his return. Doña
Maria, together with their four children,
oldest Anita, demure Luna, visuallyimpaired Remedios and youngest and
only son Manuel or “Manny” were left
in the care of Don Julio’s trusted and
most loyal servant Mang Nato.
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