Nilalang

Nilalang
One of the theatrical film poster of Nilalang
Directed by	Pedring Lopez
Starring	Cesar Montano Maria Ozawa Meg Imperial Yam Concepcion
Music by	Jessie Lasaten
Cinematography	Pao Orendain
Edited by	Jason Cahapay
Production company	Haunted Tower Pictures welovepost Parallax Studios El Nido Palawan Film Proudctions
Distributed by	VIVA Films
Release date	December 25, 2015 (2015-12-25) (MMFF)
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino

Nilalang or Sonzai-sha (存在者, lit. Entity^?) is a 2015 Filipino-Japanese action horror film directed by Pedring Lopez starring Cesar Montano and Maria Ozawa. It is an official entry to the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival and it was released on December 25, 2015.Nilalang is about a local forensic expert who teams up with an heiress to a transnational organized crime syndicate originating from Japan.

Robin Padilla was supposed to be Ozawa's leading man in this film but due to his wife Mariel Rodriguez's delicate pregnancy, he decided to back out to take care of his wife.Nilalang released its official trailer on October 12, 2015.

NBI special crimes division agent Tony (Cesar Montano) encounters an evil entity which is bent on killing and torturing beautiful women, one of which was his girlfriend, years after he have thought to have killed the malevolent spirit. People close to Tony is in danger including his partner Jane (Meg Imperial), who has romantic interest towards him with everyone in the agency aware of this fact except for Tony.

The spirit, who has killed many people in Japan, is thought to be targeting women from a certain clan of samurai. In Manila, Miyuki (Maria Ozawa) takes care of the family business while her younger sister is taking care of their aging father. Miyuki is later forced to help in the investigation regarding the murders after Akane went missing and their father was found dead to put of stop to the evil entity's killing spree.