Sa Dulo ng Kris (1977)

Interesting facts

Sa Dulo ng Kris is a 1977 Filipino action drama film directed by Cesar J. Amigo from a script by Amigo and producer Reuben Canoy. Starring Joseph Estrada, Vic Vargas, Inez Bond Manapul and Joe Cantada, it is about a Moro rebel leader (Estrada) in a Mindanao province who is forced to fight his own brother (Vargas), a dedicated military officer. The film was released in March 1977, and was the last film written or directed by Amigo.

Production

Reuben Canoy, a writer and former mayor of Cagayan de Oro, was a supporter of the Marcos administration until 1976 when he defected to the opposition. He would also come to form in 1978 the Mindanao Alliance, a political coalition that was sympathetic to the cause of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).

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