Nawawalang pelikula noong 1930s, nahanap sa Belgium! | Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho - video Dailymotion

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Aired (December 14, 2025): NAWAWALANG PELIKULA NA ‘DIWATA NG KARAGATAN NA MAHALAGANG PIRASO NG PRE-WAR PHILIPPINE CINEMA AT HALOS ISANG SIGLO NA ANG TANDA, NAHANAP SA ISANG LUMANG FILM LABORATORY SA BELGIUM!  Ang pelikula ni Eduardo Castro na pinagbibidahan nina Fernando Poe, Sr. at Rosa del Rosario na “Zamboanga” ang itinuturing na oldest surviving pre-war Filipino film sa loob ng mahigit dalawang dekada matapos itong mahanap United States Library of Congress sa Amerika.  Ngunit kamakailan lang, ibinalita ni Prof. Nick de Ocampo na may nadiskubre siyang kopya ng isa pang pelikulang Pilipino na ginawa noong 1930s at isang taong mas matanda kaysa sa Zamboanga.  Ito ang isa sa mga pelikulang pinroduce ng Ama ng Pelikulang Pilipino na si Jose Nepomuceno… ang ‘Diwata ng Karagatan’!  Paano ito nahanap at ano ang kuwento sa likod ng pelikulang ito?  Panoorin sa video. #KMJS  "Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho" (One at Heart, Jessica Soho) is the Philippines' top-rating news magazine program, hosted by one of the most-awarded broadcast journalists in the country, Jessica Soho. It features human interest stories, food, news personalities, travel, trends and pop culture.'KMJS' airs every Sunday, 8:15 PM on GMA Network. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #KMJS

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00:00Ang pinakalumang nahanap na pelikulang Pilipino, ang Zamboanga, na pinagbidahan ni Fernando Poe Sr.

00:12Ngayon, meron pang mas luma dyan na nahanap kamakailan lang sa Belgium.

00:19Ito ang Biwata ng Karagatan.

00:30Taong 1937 ito ipinalabas sa mga sinihan.

00:48Halos isang siglo ang tanda.

00:51Ito ang Philippine drama film ni Eduardo de Castro na Zamboanga.

00:57Pinagbidahan ni na Fernando Poe Sr.

01:01Kung hindi nang inisubay tong basan, takap ka mo, katun natin sa ronko!

01:06Opo, tatay ni FPJ at Rosa del Rosario.

01:09Grandfather is giving a big celebration in that now's honor.

01:14Pero gaya ng maraming pelikula noong mga panahon yun,

01:18ang original na kopya ng Zamboanga, nasira at nawala, noong sumiklab ang World War II.

01:25Mula noon, itinuring itong lost media.

01:34Hanggang taong 2004, ang original na kopya ng Zamboanga,

01:40natagpuan sa Library of Congress ng Amerika

01:44ng manunulat, mananaliksik o researcher at profesor na si Nick Deocampo.

01:50Sa loob ng mahigit dalawang dekada,

01:53ito ang itinuring na oldest surviving pre-war Filipino film.

01:58Hanggang kamakailan lang.

02:02Ibinalita rin ni Prof. Deocampo na meron siya ulit na diskubring kopya

02:07ng isa pang pelikulang Pilipino na ginawa noon ding 1930s.

02:12Isang taon na mas matanda o luma kesa sa Zamboanga.

02:18Isa ito sa mga pelikulang pre-produced

02:21ng tinaguriang ama ng pelikulang Pilipino,

02:24si Jose Nepumuseno,

02:27ang diwata ng karagatan.

02:29Paano nahanap ni Prof. Deocampo ang kopyang ito

02:43at ano ang maikukwento nito tungkol sa ating napakayamang kultura at kasaysayan?

02:53Ang diwata ng karagatan, kwento ng pag-ibig.

02:57May dalawang magkasintahan si Jose at saka si Ligaya

03:01in this paradise of an island

03:03until may dumating na si Wong na tagalabas

03:06napusuan niya ito si Ligaya.

03:08Siniduce niya by giving a lot of gifts.

03:11Hanggang sa huli, nakuha niya ang gusto niya kay Ligaya.

03:14So, hinimatay na si Ligaya, iniwan niya doon sa may bangka.

03:18Nakita siya ng kanyang Jose.

03:19Tumakbo na siya sa mga villagers.

03:22Hinabol na nila ang nag-e-escape na si Wong.

03:25Hanggang sa nahuli siya later on,

03:27nagkabalikan si Ligaya at saka si Jose.

03:30And the ending is, we are in a sunset.

03:33Classic.

03:34Classic talaga.

03:35They walk into the sunset.

03:36Absolutely.

03:37Literally, they walk into the sunset.

03:39Ang nagbigay buhay sa karakter ni Ligaya,

03:42ang aktres na si Marie Velez.

03:45Ang kanya namang leading man,

03:46ang binansagang greatest matinee idol of all time,

03:50si Rogelio De La Rosa.

03:52Noong nagkakaisip na ako,

03:53doon ko nalalaman na sikat pala siya,

03:56nakakalaglagpanti pa.

03:57Sabi nga ng mga matatanda.

03:58Gusto ko naming malaman,

04:00paano nyo nalaman na may ganitong pelikula?

04:03I was already in Belgium way back in the 90s.

04:06Pumunta ako doon sa Belgian archive,

04:08Cinemateque Royale de Belgique.

04:10Noon pa ako nagtatanong,

04:11meron ba kayong any ni Pumuseno film

04:13or any film from the Philippines?

04:15Palagi ang sagot was,

04:16no, no, no.

04:16Nagtanong lang ako doon sa konta ko sa Belgium

04:19dahil siya ay marunong mag-French.

04:20Finally, nagtanong siya.

04:21They were able to really penetrate

04:23the so-called inner sanctum of the archive.

04:26Sabi niya,

04:26uy, mukhang merong pelikula dito

04:29pero hindi sila sure kung yung hinahanap mo.

04:31That's enough for me to buy my own ticket

04:34and you know,

04:34it can be very expensive.

04:38Nang inilatag na yung pelikula,

04:40tumakbo na ang rolyo.

04:43Oh my God, this is it.

04:44We have found a treasure.

04:46The film is almost immaculate.

04:48Dahil hindi pa raw digitized

04:51ang nag-iisang kopya

04:52ng Diwata ng Karagatan,

04:54ang ipinanood sa akin ni Professor Diocampo

04:57mga video clips lamang

04:58na kinuhanan niya sa kanyang cellphone.

05:01Ito na yung exciting na part

05:03kasi papakita na ni Professor Diocampo

05:05yung mga nakuhan niyang video clips

05:08ng Diwata ng Karagatan.

05:10Ah, it's because it's a killing.

05:12I have a photograph of these

05:17macphones.

05:23Amazing.

05:25I mean, how did you do this?

05:33Nakahiga yung screen.

05:34Kaya all that time,

05:35nakaganyan ako

05:35ng aking cellphone.

05:37Pero kahit cellphone na nga siya,

05:39ang ganda talaga ng quality.

05:43Good quality pa rin.

05:44Preserved.

05:45Nakilala ko kaagad, no,

05:46ang isang batang si

05:47Rogelio de la Rosa

05:48at itong si Marie Velez.

05:50Gwapo.

05:50Very, ano, no,

05:52masculine ang dating.

05:58Masyadong na-exoticized

05:59ang kultura natin nung una.

06:01Hindi mo malaman

06:02kung Cambodian,

06:03Lautian ba yan.

06:04But definitely,

06:05it's very Hollywood

06:06ang fantasy.

06:06Parang pang belly dancer.

06:08Look at this shot.

06:10Wow, nice shot.

06:12This is an amazing

06:13mise en scene

06:14or composition.

06:16Ihilera ba naman

06:17ni Carlos van der Tolosa

06:18ang mga bangkana ito

06:19in such a way

06:20na ang perspective

06:21ay really impressive.

06:23Ang lalim.

06:25May medium shots pa siya.

06:28May medium shot.

06:29At nandi dito na tayo

06:30sa gitna ng karagatan.

06:31Ang tanong natin ay,

06:32paano kinuha

06:33ang shots na ito?

06:35Like what you said kanina,

06:36napakabigat ng camera.

06:37Hindi lumubog yung bangka.

06:38Hindi lumubog ang bangka

06:39pero walang katig.

06:41This is just amazing.

06:43Paano inishoot?

06:44Amazing.

06:45I mean,

06:46how did you do this?

06:48Ano bang value

06:50nitong diwata ng karagatan?

06:52Kilala ang Pilipinas

06:53kasi as one of those

06:55na may unang

06:56introduction to film.

06:57Dito na ipalabas

06:58as early as 1897

07:00ang pelikula

07:01mainly because of

07:02our connection with Spain.

07:03At mula noon,

07:04ang kauna-unahang Pilipino,

07:06native-born na filmmaker,

07:08si Jose Nipo Museno.

07:09She really established

07:10the foundations

07:10of a Tagalog

07:11later to become

07:12Filipino cinema.

07:14Ang masaklap ay

07:14dahil sa World War II,

07:16pinulubo ang buong

07:18kamay nilaan

07:19ng mga Amerikano

07:20dahil sa carpet bombing nila.

07:21Ang collateral doon

07:22ang mga pelikula natin.

07:24We should have produced

07:25around 400 films

07:26before World War II.

07:29Ilan palang

07:29ang nahanap natin?

07:30Pang-anim

07:30itong diwata ng karagatan.

07:32In fact,

07:33may mga nagtatanong sa akin,

07:34anong camera ang ginamit?

07:35Yung Zamboanga.

07:36May underwater shots pa

07:37na kahit ang Hollywood,

07:38humanga sila na

07:39how was that shot ever taken?

07:40Underwater camera ito,

07:43naghalikan pa si Fernando Poe

07:45at si Rosa Del Rosario.

07:47Even Hollywood

07:48did not have

07:49that kind of shot.

07:50Namamanghago ako dun sa

07:52we were ahead

07:53of the Americans,

07:54we were ahead

07:55of Hollywood.

07:56That particular shot,

07:57mas magaling

07:58I have records

07:59to prove that.

08:00Nakuha ko ito

08:01sa mga Hollywood

08:02newspapers,

08:03Los Angeles Times,

08:05New York Times,

08:06sila mismo

08:06kasi sila ang humanga.

08:08Pero ang ipinagtataka

08:09ni Professor De Ocampo

08:11ang kopya rao

08:12ng Diwata ng Karagatan

08:13na kanyang nadiskubre

08:15sa Belgium

08:16hindi buo.

08:17Inire-edit

08:18ang kopyang ito

08:19and it only exists

08:20for 52 minutes.

08:22I totally doubt

08:23whether you can just

08:24screen 52 minutes

08:25during that time

08:26kasi established na

08:27ang tinatawag na

08:27full-length film

08:28which should run

08:29at least 60,

08:3170,

08:3280,

08:32or 90 minutes.

08:34If it's 100 minutes,

08:36saan na ang 50 minutes

08:37na nawawala?

08:37Pero dito ka magugulat.

08:39Ang pangalan

08:40ng kagalanggalang

08:42natin na director

08:43na si Carlos

08:44van der Tolosa

08:45pati pangalan

08:46nina Rogelio De La Rosa

08:47at nina Marie Velez

08:50lahat na pangalan nila

08:51ibinura.

08:51Bakit ho kaya?

08:52Ang Philippines

08:53hindi pa kilala

08:54as a film producing country.

08:55Sa French point of view yan,

08:57no?

08:58Masaklap talaga

08:59because

08:59the credits

09:01did not do any justice

09:02to Filipino

09:03movie industry

09:05at that particular time.

09:06Ang ginawa nila,

09:12however,

09:12was

09:13to have

09:13a French voiceover

09:15in order to

09:16create

09:16a second level

09:17of narration

09:18so

09:18French audiences

09:20can understand

09:21what is going on.

09:22All those long dialogues

09:23were taken out

09:24at kinuha lang nila

09:25yung

09:26action moment

09:28sa pelikula.

09:29The reason why

09:29hindi talaga

09:30natin mahanap

09:31kasi

09:31for example,

09:33ang original title

09:34ay

09:34Diwata ng Karagatan.

09:36In English,

09:37it can be

09:38Nymph of the Sea

09:39or Goddess of the Sea.

09:40Pinalitan ito

09:41ni George Palou

09:42na ang title

09:43na ngayon

09:43ay Phil Delil.

09:45In other words,

09:45Ligaya,

09:46Daughter of the Island.

09:47Saan mo kahanapin yan?

09:48As of this point,

09:50Professor,

09:50ang malinaw sa inyo,

09:52gawang Pilipino ito

09:53pero

09:54pinirate

09:54sa Europe?

09:56The accusation

09:57of piracy

09:57actually hindi

09:58nanggaling sa akin

09:59kundi sa isang staff

10:00sa Belgian Archive.

10:02And when we talk

10:02about piracy,

10:03kahit pa-legitimate

10:04ang pagkabili nila,

10:06papalitan mo na

10:06ang elemento

10:07ng pelikula.

10:08You begin to own it.

10:09Pati ang naratibo

10:11binalibaliktad.

10:13So,

10:13ang biggest challenge

10:14sa amin ngayon,

10:15ano yung original

10:16narrative niya?

10:18Ito ngayon,

10:18nakatulong

10:19ang aking research

10:20on the day

10:21that it's going

10:22to be promoted.

10:23May tinatawag

10:23na film complete.

10:24I have a copy

10:25of the cover

10:25parang promotional material

10:27together with the posters.

10:28To a certain point,

10:29gusto ko man

10:30magalit na

10:30my God naman,

10:31binalibaliktad yung

10:32pelikula namin,

10:33heritage namin yan.

10:34I cannot have

10:34an accusing finger

10:35sa kanila

10:36kasi

10:36pasalamat ka nalang

10:37may kopya pa tayo

10:38ng the only

10:39Jose Nipo Museno film

10:41so far

10:41na nahanap.

10:42Because

10:42Jose Nipo Museno,

10:43bilang ama

10:44ng pelikulang Pilipino,

10:45wala tayo

10:46ni isang pelikula niya

10:47na nag-survive

10:48ng gera.

10:49Ito pa lang

10:49ang kauna-unahang pelikula

10:50at dito

10:51hindi pa siya

10:52ang director

10:52na kilala natin

10:53doon sa dalagang bukit

10:55na nawawala

10:56ang pelikula.

10:57Kauna-unahang pelikula

10:58natin yun,

10:581919.

10:59So ang pinaka-lumaho pala

11:00natin yung pelikula

11:01yung Dalagang Bukid?

11:021919.

11:04May isa pa,

11:05ako din ang nagbago

11:05na kasaysayan natin.

11:06Nang in-interview ko

11:07sa Matalang Buhay pa,

11:08ang anak ni Jose Nipo Museno

11:10na si Luis Nipo Museno,

11:12sabi niya,

11:12ang unang pelikulang

11:13ginawa ng ama ko,

11:14Older Than Dalagang Bukid,

11:16was this documentary

11:18that was shot in Cebu

11:20tungkol sa burial

11:21ng asawa

11:22ni Osmenya.

11:24Ang kita mula doon,

11:25ginamit niya rin

11:25para gumawa ng Dalagang Bukid.

11:27Jessica, we have to rejoice

11:28because genre natin

11:30na documentary,

11:31ang kauna-unahang pelikulang

11:32ginawa sa Pilipinas

11:33at hindi isang

11:34fiction film.

11:36Okay,

11:36diba?

11:37Ang ganda ng kwentong yan.

11:38Pero,

11:39Professor,

11:40bakit po

11:40may kopya ang Belgium?

11:42First of all,

11:43ang pelikula

11:44ay binili

11:45ni George Palou,

11:47French.

11:47Most possibly,

11:48distributor siya.

11:49So,

11:50nang binili niya ito,

11:51kinontak niya si

11:52Vicente Scotto

11:53who was known

11:54for his musicals

11:56at that time.

11:57So,

11:57it's amazing

11:58na bigla niya lang

11:58na sa Europa na siya.

12:00So,

12:00let us just assume

12:01that yung pinalabas

12:02na kopya

12:03sa Belgium

12:04ay inideposit

12:06o di kaya

12:07ibinigay sa isang

12:08post-production studio

12:10kasi

12:10itong Belgian archive,

12:12nakuha nila

12:12ang kopya nila

12:13in 2016

12:15mula dito

12:16sa nagsara

12:17na post-production

12:18laboratory.

12:19I didn't even know

12:20saan galing itong pelikula.

12:21Of course,

12:22we're also very happy

12:23na oh my God,

12:23we're keeping a treasure pala

12:24and let me just tell you

12:26right now

12:26na look,

12:28I have more treasures here.

12:30I think I've got

12:30a hundred film titles

12:32na pwede pang mahanap.

12:33Dito mo makita

12:34si Rojas

12:35na nagbibigay ng speech,

12:36Manuel Quezon

12:37na nagmamando

12:38sa Malacanang.

12:39I have more than

12:40a hundred films.

12:41That's the list.

12:42That's the list.

12:43I have seen

12:44some of the films.

12:45I know where they are.

12:46They are in London,

12:47they are in Washington D.C.,

12:49they are in Tokyo.

12:50Bakit hindi natin makuha?

12:51Sinong tutulong sa atin?

12:53Mas maraming pera

12:55yung DPWH

12:55at kung saan-saan

12:56pumupunta.

12:57I'm sorry,

12:58yan ang hinanakit ko na talaga.

13:00That's why I really wanted

13:01to be in your program

13:02is because

13:03you're a platform

13:05kung saan

13:05pwede natin siguro

13:07maipalaganap

13:08yung documentary

13:09heritage consciousness

13:11na itago natin

13:12ang mga pelikula.

13:13Huwag gawing torotot,

13:14diba?

13:14Alam natin yung kwento

13:15ng 35mm.

13:17Ginawang torotot yun

13:18every Christmas,

13:19diba?

13:20Pero,

13:21professor,

13:21meron din naman

13:22magsasabi niyan,

13:23pihado,

13:23pag narinig kayo,

13:24wala nga kaming makain,

13:26wala nga ang ayuda

13:27yung gobyerno sa amin,

13:28hindi kami makabayad

13:29sa ospital.

13:30Ano ba halagan

13:31yung mga pelikulang

13:32lumang yan?

13:33Ang film community,

13:35which I represent

13:35in terms of scholarship

13:36and research

13:37and cultural heritage,

13:40umiiyak din kami

13:41na look,

13:41wala kaming makain din,

13:43wala kaming maisulat

13:44tungkol sa kasaysayan natin,

13:46paano natin

13:47mabubuo

13:47ang ating identidad

13:49at kasaysayan

13:50at ang ating nakaraan

13:51kung

13:52salat tayo

13:54sa lahat na ito.

13:55Samantala,

13:56ang ilan sa mga

13:57kuha sa pelikula,

13:58ipinanood ng aming team

14:00kay Dave Apo

14:01ng isa sa mga bida

14:03sa pelikula

14:03na si Rogelio De La Rosa.

14:07Ayan siya,

14:08yun,

14:09nakaitim.

14:09Oo, yun,

14:10nakaitim.

14:11Nakaitim na short.

14:15Ayan o siya,

14:16yung saharap.

14:16Dave niyan siya dyan.

14:17Proud po siyempre

14:18dahil family po eh.

14:20Sana po,

14:20i-preserve po natin

14:21at saka

14:22huwag po sanang mawala.

14:24Para po mga

14:24yung mga next generation po

14:26makita po nila

14:27yung mga dating pelikula

14:29na nagagawa po natin.

14:30What's the next move?

14:31Binuksan ko na ang ideya

14:33na dapat ma-restore ito

14:34at maibalik sa Pilipinas

14:36ng kahit digital copy.

14:38Open naman sila

14:39kasi ang napakaganda dito

14:41ay public domain

14:42ang pelikula.

14:43In other words,

14:43walang may nag-up

14:44mabamay-ari.

14:45A contract has just been sent

14:47to Philippine Film Archive

14:48at during their monthly meeting,

14:50mukhang in-approve naman daw

14:52ang project

14:53to proceed

14:54ng Executive Committee

14:56ng Film FDCP.

14:58In terms of the timeline,

15:00kung kailan mariready yan,

15:02it all depends.

15:02Kasi hindi enough

15:04na makakuha kami ng print.

15:05Kailangan din

15:06i-assess

15:06ang kondisyon

15:07ng pelikula.

15:08Hindi ganun kalaki

15:09ang budget

15:10na binibigay

15:10sa film restoration.

15:11Alam ba kung magkanong budget

15:13ang binibigay lamang

15:13for film restoration?

15:15Good for two films

15:15for a year.

15:17Bakit mahalaga

15:18na i-restore natin

15:19ang diwatan

15:20ng karagatan

15:21at saka mga pre-war movies

15:22because

15:23yan

15:24ang kaibuturan

15:25ng pagiging Pilipino.

15:26Ang pelikula

15:27ay isang

15:28manifestasyon

15:29kung sino tayo

15:30noon,

15:31ngayon,

15:32at kung ano tayo

15:33sa kinabukasan.

15:34I'm really addressing

15:35our government here

15:36na kaunting

15:37ano naman,

15:38pagpapahalaga.

15:40Being late

15:41is still okay

15:41kesa sa wala.

15:43May pagpapahalaga

15:44na ngayon

15:45na isalba

15:47ang ating mga kultura.

15:48Alangga ako

16:04ikaw ako.

16:06Alangga ako man

16:06ka wala.

16:08What ka nang siman?

16:09Maharap ko to eh.

16:11Para kayo

16:11lola dan.

16:13Hindi ko na

16:14walam.

16:14Hindi ko na

16:15itindihan

16:15kung ano

16:16nungyayari

16:16sa kanya.

16:16Makakasiguro

16:18kayong gagawin

16:19namin

16:19ng lahat

16:19para sa kanya.

16:21Wala ka ba

16:21talaga

16:22nakita

16:22at yan?

16:23Wala ka narinig?

16:25May kumagala

16:26na balang

16:27dito sa atin.

16:35Ang mga

16:36nangangambang

16:37puso't isip

16:38binagamit

16:39yan ng demonyo

16:39para kumapit

16:41sa kaluluwa

16:41ng tao.

16:42Alam mo,

16:43kung sino yung

16:44dapat mong ipagdasal

16:45na hindi mo makita?

16:46Si Pochong.

16:53Kumakain ng patay,

16:54may matalang pusa,

16:56may pakpak ng panguke,

16:57lumalakas kapag

16:58kapag kapilugan

16:59ng buwan.

17:02Pag-iingat ka sa

17:03masusunog sa sabihin.

17:09You know about the Pochong?

17:12Please repent

17:13I'm talking about Pochong.

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