
Inya, a heroine of the Philippine resistance against the Japanese during World War II, recalls events involving her husband Edilberto and their childhood friend Ignacio, a transvestite who, masquerading as a woman also named Inya, becomes the lover of the local Japanese commander, Ichiru, and is caught between a duty to be a spy for his country and friends and his reluctant but growing love for Ichiru.
Inya

Edilberto

Ignacio

Ichiru

Maura

Julia

Akihiro
Melba

Old Inya

Antonio

Senyang

Edna

Hiroshi

Mayor Aldecoa

Basyong
Alexander

Garcia

Okada
Panotes

Vice Mayor

Edilberto's Father

Dinglasan
Edilberto's Mother
Edilberto's Sister

Ignacio's Father

Young Inya
Young Edilberto
Young Ignacio
Poet

Julia's Mother
Young Antonio
Teacher