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Filmmaker · Philippines

Yutaka Abe

Died in 1981

Gerardo de Leon was born Gerardo Ilagan on 12 September 1913 in Manila, into a family that produced several actors. He accompanied silent screenings on the piano, studied medicine and practised before moving into directing in 1939. After the war, the authorities arrested him for treason and he narrowly escaped execution; he then made some fifty films in forty years, including the first screen adaptations of both of José Rizal's novels. He died on 25 July 1981 in Manila and was named National Artist posthumously the following year.

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