Child of Sorrow

Child of Sorrow

Realistic as life!

1956 · 119 min · ★ 5.9 · Crime, Drama

A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.

Directed by Lamberto V. Avellana · Written by Rolf Bayer

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