* Kidlat Tahimik is a Filipino filmmaker, but he wasn't active in 1949. He was born in 1942 and his first film was in 1976.
* "Kidlat sa Silangan" is a phrase that translates to "Lightning in the East" and is commonly used in Filipino culture, but there is no film with that exact title released in 1949.
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