 With the year 1981 in the title, the movie was supposed to be  released in 1981. But producer Marichu Maceda (qv) waited for a  year for a chance to exhibit the film fearing that its scenes of  violence and explicit attack on Martial Law, then still in effect as  imposed by Philippines President Ferdinance Marcos in 1972 would not  be appreciated by the censor board. But President Marcos daughter  Aimee, then a leader of the youth sector which pushes for the movie,  held a premiere showing of the movie at a plushy suburban theater.