Antonio Villa-Real

Antonio Ochangco Villareal (January 17, 1880 — February 12, 1945) was a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

After also failing to enlist in the French Foreign Legion in Algeria, Villa-Real finally enrolled in a Tokyo university, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1901.

Upon his return to the Philippines, Villa-Real passed the civil service examinations, allowing him to work as an interpreter and translator with the Bureau of Justice.

On February 12, Japanese soldiers stormed the Pax Court complex in Pasay, a housing compound owned and resided in by Villa-real.

[2] Just two days earlier, Villa-Real's former colleague on the Court, Anacleto Díaz, had been executed by the Japanese along Taft Avenue in Ermita, Manila.

Antonio Villa-Real House