Asedillo (Celso Ad Castillo, 1971)

Gun and typewriter By 1971 Celso Ad Castillo had written and directed a number of features when he was tapped by Fernando Poe Jr. to direct a biopic on one Teodoro Asedillo , a former schoolteacher and police chief turned revolutionary during the American Occupation. Apparently the two were feeling each other out. Ad Castillo may be a veteran filmmaker, having written eighteen scripts and nine…