

Joyful Mystery
1984, Tagalog. Directed by Abbo Q. Dela Cruz.
In the name of money, will you gamble your soul?
August 1950. The fortunes of three impoverished friends and their families abruptly change after an airplane crashes in a nearby mountain. They rush to the crash site along with all the villagers, not to help the victims but to plunder their valuables. A dead American passenger carried a large amount of money in his briefcase, which Mesiong, Ponsoy, and Jamin find and avariciously keep for themselves. But the town mayor gets greedy and, with his hirelings, abducts the three to divest them of their booty.
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Tagalog
- Rated
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- Released
- 18 June 1984
- Original title
- Misteryo sa Tuwa
- Country
- Philippines
- Written by
- Abbo Q. Dela Cruz
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Joyful Mystery runs 122 minutes (2h 2m).
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Joyful Mystery isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can rent it or buy it online. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Joyful Mystery?
Joyful Mystery (1984) was directed by Abbo Q. Dela Cruz and stars Tony Santos, Johnny Delgado, Ama Quiambao.