Walang sugat (1939)

Regarded as Severino Reyes' masterpiece, "Walang Sugat" broadly underscores the injustice of Spanish rule even as it dances around the cruel fate of the young lovers Tenyong and Julia with humor and song, Set in the final leg of the Philippines Revolution, Tenyong is forced to leave behind his childhood sweetheart Julia to join the Katipunan. Meanwhile, Julia's mother pressures her into marrying the wealthy Miguel instead. With no word from Tenyong as the battle prolongs, Julia give in, but her wedding is interrupted by the fatally wounded Tenyong, who returns with a dying wish for him and Julia to get married before he dies but nothing happened as he show up with no scratch, leaving people with an exclaimed "Walang Sugat"