Erwin Paimalan

Set in Mindanao during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, two young siblings desperately try to escape a ruthless group of Japanese soldiers. With nothing but a live chicken, their last hope is to reach a band of pragmatic, deal-making, rage-fueled guerrilla fighters for help.

Victoria Koh, a detective police officer, returns to her childhood town twenty-five years later to track down an unknown menacing entity who calls himself Santa.