Jay Ilagan

Acting

Jay Ilagan

Born — Died

1953-01-20 — 1992-02-03

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Julius Abad Ilagan (January 20, 1953 – February 4, 1992) was a Filipino actor. His good looks eventually made him a matinee idol, starring in the films Maruja (1967), Tubog Sa Ginto (1970), Pinoy Crazy Boys (1974), and Hinog Sa Pilit. And because the looks came with deep talent, Jay survived the transition from teen star to adult actor - winning a Gawad Urian Best Supporting Actor trophy in 1982 for the movie, Kisapmata, another Gawad Urian Best Actor in 1985 for his role in Sister Stella L., and 1988 FAMAS and Film Academy of the Philippines Best Actor for his acting in Maging Akin Ka Lamang. His acting range was versatile as he has also appeared in a number of comedy movies and TV shows al…

Known for

Kisapmata poster
8.2

A young woman gets married but her authoritarian father refuses to let her out of his sight.

Kisapmata

1981

Paano Tatakasan ang Bukas? poster
10.0

Desiree and Gilbert are in love but no one seems to believe it. Desiree's friends thinks Gilbert is just using her. Gilbert is studying to become a doctor and Desiree is financing his tuition fee and daily expenses. Gilbert's family thinks Desiree is interested in the family fortune. Gilbert is a rich kid but he left home when his girlfriend committed suicide after being insulted by his mother Gracia.

Paano Tatakasan ang Bukas?

1988

Bituing Walang Ningning poster
5.5

Dorina is an orphaned sampaguita vendor who dreams of becoming a big singing star like her idol, Lavinia. It later turns out that Lavinia is nothing like what Dorina thought she was. This disillusionment spurs the young girl to make it big as a singer and eventually become Lavinia’s chief rival.

Bituing Walang Ningning

1985

Once a Moth poster
9.5

Living near the American military-controlled Clark Air Base, Corazon dreams of a better life in America until the unspeakable happens.

Once a Moth

1976

Will Your Heart Beat Faster? poster
7.4

In a spoof on the contemporary sacred cons, two yuppy couples get entangled with warring smugglers of dope that include fake priests and nuns as well as Japanese and Chinese agents.

Will Your Heart Beat Faster?

1980

Nagsimula sa Puso poster
7.5

A young college student is in a heated affair with his college professor. He attempts revenge after being stricken with grief and resentment by his professor's mother, and takes revenge on his professor's now settled family only to obtain her for himself

Nagsimula sa Puso

1990

Film credits

1980s · 23 titles

Kisapmata poster
8.2

A young woman gets married but her authoritarian father refuses to let her out of his sight.

Kisapmata

1981

Paano Tatakasan ang Bukas? poster
10.0

Desiree and Gilbert are in love but no one seems to believe it. Desiree's friends thinks Gilbert is just using her. Gilbert is studying to become a doctor and Desiree is financing his tuition fee and daily expenses. Gilbert's family thinks Desiree is interested in the family fortune. Gilbert is a rich kid but he left home when his girlfriend committed suicide after being insulted by his mother Gracia.

Paano Tatakasan ang Bukas?

1988

Bituing Walang Ningning poster
5.5

Dorina is an orphaned sampaguita vendor who dreams of becoming a big singing star like her idol, Lavinia. It later turns out that Lavinia is nothing like what Dorina thought she was. This disillusionment spurs the young girl to make it big as a singer and eventually become Lavinia’s chief rival.

Bituing Walang Ningning

1985

Will Your Heart Beat Faster? poster
7.4

In a spoof on the contemporary sacred cons, two yuppy couples get entangled with warring smugglers of dope that include fake priests and nuns as well as Japanese and Chinese agents.

Will Your Heart Beat Faster?

1980

How Is It to Dream? poster
7.0

The story of Lisa and Eric and how they fought for their love. Lisa got pregnant with Benny, Eric's brother. However, Benny died in a motorcycle accident. Eric was kind enough to marry Lisa but Eric's mother disapproved of the relationship and makes life hell for Lisa.

How Is It to Dream?

1983

Aguila poster
7.5

Flashbacks encompass the history of the Philippines as well as the life story of the elderly Daniel Aguila. The Aguila family gathers to celebrate Daniel's 88th birthday, but the old man is nowhere to be seen--he has been missing for a decade. Suspecting that his father is in Mindanao, one of his sons takes off for that region in a determined search. Along the way, his memories of the nation and his father's life tell the story of 80 tumultuous years of personal and historical development.

Aguila

1980

Operation: Get Victor Corpus - The Rebel Soldier poster
5.5

Lt. Victor N. Corpus, a graduate of and subsequently instructor at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA, the Philippine equivalent of West Point), who in 1970 defected to the New People's Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines. When he defected, he led a group of NPA guerrillas in raiding the PMA armory and bringing out high-powered firearms that considerably boosted the guerrilla group's armed strength.

Operation: Get Victor Corpus - The Rebel Soldier

1987

Monster poster
10.0

Two young boys discovered an ancient book in a dilapidated mansion. Unaware, they have unleashed the cursed warrior character in the book upon reading. The bloodthirsty demon went on a killing spree in the darkness of night. Discovering that the murders were done by the halimaw in the book, Kokoy, the protagonist, must act fast to put an end to the unwanted trespasser and protect his home and family. Subsequent to this is a variant story of an ancient jar which dated to a period when the dead were buried in jars. This particular jar was cursed as, a lady believed to be, a witch was killed and buried in it. The witch pledged vengeance in her awakening, thereby freeing her spirit gradually from the jar as it traps anyone who unluckily chances upon the jar.

Monster

1986

The Bachelor poster
9.0

Crispin is a soltero who has undergone several heartbreaks with women, broken family ties, and his own personal conflicts. In his evolution as a man, he shows his weakness, his strengths, his confusion.

The Bachelor

1984

Sampung Ahas ni Eva poster
4.3

On a remote island, a plane wreck leaves a woman alone with ten men who are willing to kill to fulfill their desires for her.

Sampung Ahas ni Eva

1984

Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas poster
7.0

Three women united by friendship. Three women connected by music. Three women divided by fame. They were three women struggling to make a living when fate smiled at them. From anonymity, they were thrust into a world of glittering lights and deafening adoration. But much that celebrity brought them good things, it too, began to destroy them. They became too consumed by their fame that, one day, without them knowing, the friendship that had been their anchor was fast crumbling down?

Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas

1986

Brutal poster
6.2

A woman after killing her husband and his friends goes into post-traumatic shock and withdraws from any form of communication. A feminist journalist becomes interested in the case and resolves to unravel the truth behind the murders.

Brutal

1980

Sister Stella L. poster
7.0

A nun who acts as a counselor in a home for unwed mother undergoes political awakening when her friend and namesake belonging to the same congregation as hers inspires her to get involved in the struggle for justice and freedom of striking workers in a cooking oil company.

Sister Stella L.

1984

Why Is the Sky Blue? poster
8.5

After financial struggles force her family to relocate, Babette is relegated to being their domestic maid. Next door, a single mother struggles to care for her mentally challenged adult son, Bobby. Babette agrees to look after Bobby when his mother is away. As they spend time together, her initial pity turns into a deep emotional bond, but their connection triggers immediate hostility from her family and the community.

Why Is the Sky Blue?

1981

The Marriage poster
6.5

As their wedding day approaches, Joel and Grace open up about their past lovers, and just before the wedding day, their ex-lovers meet up with them.

The Marriage

1980

Maging Akin Ka Lamang poster
9.3

The rich and beautiful Rosita would do anything to win the love of the man she had become obsessed with. Still, neither her beauty nor all the money in the world gave her what she wanted.

Maging Akin Ka Lamang

1987

Signed: Lino Brocka poster
4.4

Documentary filmmaker Christian Blackwood profiles controversial Filipino director Lino Brocka, detailing his rags-to-riches rise in the mainstream film industry of the Philippines. Primarily using interviews with the effusive director himself, Blackwood allows Brocka to describe, in his own terms, the common thematic threads tying together his work, from his own homosexuality to the political repression suffered by Filipinos at the hands of Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorial government.

Signed: Lino Brocka

1987

Bad Bananas on the Silver Screen poster
7.3

Zany foursome Errol, Herman, Tacio, and Peewee merely geared up for a short underwater dive towards Hundred Islands when a series of miscalculations cause them to resurface on the shores of Mexico.

Bad Bananas on the Silver Screen

1983

Sana Bukas Pa Ang Kahapon poster
8.0

Three friends made their way in the big city. One ended up the mistress of a rich married man. Another became a suicidal prostitute. And the third found true love where it had always been all along despite her long fruitless search. In the end they all thought of the things they should never have done, wondering what might have been had these tomorrows been their yesterdays.

Sana Bukas Pa Ang Kahapon

1983

No artwork available
3.7

A view on the lives of four woman, married, widowed, mistress and "missed."

Sa Totoo Lang!

1985

No artwork available
9.0

The four children find each other after Elisa and her mother, were thrown out of the house by the evil mother-in-law. Left to fend for themselves, they end up living with the mother’s friend, a bar girl, in an informal settlement.

Mga Batang Yagit

1984

Pabling poster
8.0

A playboy and a simple girl from the provinces try to make it in the big city.

Pabling

1981

Where? Who? How? poster
NR

A short documentary on the making of Mike de Leon's 1980 film Kakabakaba Ka Ba? (Will Your Heart Beat Faster?), starring Christopher de Leon, Charo Santos, Sandy Andolong and Jay Ilagan.

Where? Who? How?

1980

1970s · 23 titles

Once a Moth poster
9.5

Living near the American military-controlled Clark Air Base, Corazon dreams of a better life in America until the unspeakable happens.

Once a Moth

1976

Tatlong Mukha ni Rosa Vilma poster
7.0

A Vilma Santos and Edgar Mortiz film

Tatlong Mukha ni Rosa Vilma

1972

Santiago! poster
7.0

A nighttime attempt to sabotage a Japanese munitions store in the little town of Santiago goes wrong when Gonzalo (Fernando Poe, Jr.) discovers that the schoolhouse they are about to blow up is filled with women, old men, and schoolchildren.

Santiago!

1970

Blood and Love on a Piece of Land poster
7.5

The greatest, longest, most expensive film produced in the film history of the Philippines. Five segments with an all-star cast, directed by five directors with a running time of 3 hours and 20 minutes.

Blood and Love on a Piece of Land

1975

Kaming Matatapang ang Apog poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kaming Matatapang ang Apog

1976

Annie Batungbakal poster
8.2

The story of Annie Batungbakal, who dances in a disco bar.

Annie Batungbakal

1979

Tisoy! poster
7.7

Tisoy is a bohemian balikbayan searching for his father. He gets help from his friends as they scour the immaculately clean Metro Manila as well as reunite with his high school sweetheart.

Tisoy!

1977

Salawahan poster
5.0

A witty sex comedy about two young cousins who trade places for their courtship strategies which end up hilarious.

Salawahan

1979

Inspiration poster
8.0

Gina, a pleasant and witty young lady and Danny a suave, attractive young lad live parallel lives nurtured by single parents. In a series of events, their parents meet and fall in love. Though despising each other completely, Gina and Danny are determined to separate their parents in the desire to win back their parents attention. Despite their efforts, their parents marry leaving Gina and Danny to live under one roof. Will this wreak havoc in the new household or will they learn to grow fond of each other?

Inspiration

1972

Wanted: Perfect Mother poster
9.0

It tells of a couple, Dante and Elsa who hires a new governess, Carla to care for their four children. The governess quickly establishes rapport with the children and the husband creating rumors of an affair. Before things could go wrong, Carla decides to leave. Elsa dies in a car accident and the widower decides to marry again and getting a new mother to his children. Carla is the popular one among several choices, but the head servant poisons the minds of the children against her.

Wanted: Perfect Mother

1970

Karugtong Ang Kahapon poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Karugtong Ang Kahapon

1975

Sino'ng Pipigil sa Pagpatak ng Ulan? poster
8.0

Rain started to pour on Rene's smooth, sunny life when he went to Tokyo for a business trip and met the love of his life, a Japanese woman whose life was cut short after giving birth to their child Rene Gallardo Jr. On his lonely flight back home with little Rene, he met Cielo Martinez who offers to complete his life. Will it really solve the puzzle or will the rain just pour even harder on his life?

Sino'ng Pipigil sa Pagpatak ng Ulan?

1979

Crush Ko Si Sir poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Crush Ko Si Sir

1971

Three, Two, One poster
7.1

Three intimate stories showing the perseverance of hope despite a sense of despair, featuring a drug addict, an abandoned daughter and a repressed catholic.

Three, Two, One

1974

Leron-Leron Sinta poster
9.0

In this film that fuses music and film perfectly, witness these people explore the world of love and the beauty of madness that comes with it

Leron-Leron Sinta

1972

Destiny of the Living Dead poster
NR

Filipino horror movie from 1972.

Destiny of the Living Dead

1972

Ligaw Tingin, Halik Hangin poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ligaw Tingin, Halik Hangin

1976

Fe, Esperanza, Caridad poster
5.0

A trilogy featuring Nora Aunor giving life to the stories of 3 women: Fe - an emerging movie Superstar who has an invalid husband, Esperanza - a young wife living in a middle class neighborhood in the city & Caridad - a young novice who was seduced by the devil himself.

Fe, Esperanza, Caridad

1974

No artwork available
9.0

Filipino horror movie from 1976.

A World of Horror

1976

Menor de Edad poster
3.7

A group of high school students navigate their lives and loves in this ensemble film from Ishmael Bernal.

Menor de Edad

1979

7 Crazy Dragons poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

7 Crazy Dragons

1974

Dipped in Gold poster
5.4

Benito is a married wealthy businessman. Unknown to his family, he is a closeted homosexual and is having a secret affair with his driver, Diego. Benito tries hard to keep his identity hidden, but Diego starts blackmailing him after losing money to gambling.

Dipped in Gold

1970

Remembrance poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Remembrance

1972

1960s · 11 titles

Alyas Phantom poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Alyas Phantom

1966

Callejon 11 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Callejon 11

1963

Baril Sa Aking Kamay poster
NR

Ariel is pursued by two groups the first one, is a group of three notorious gunslingers headed by Rufo and his two men, Labuyo and Mario. The fanatical Rufo was too obsessed to face Ariel to determine who between them was the fastest gun in the land after Ariel gunned down Diegong Kidlat, known for his fast draw; the second one, a posse led by a sheriff named Hepe also keen to find and arrest him on Diegong Kidlat’s death. Diegong Kidlat was the one responsible for the death of Ariel’s wife named Erlinda. Ariel had Erlinda’s name engraved on his gun and vowed vengeance and justice.

Baril Sa Aking Kamay

1966

This Is a Filipino poster
7.0

This is a Monumental Epic in the History of Filipino Movies.

This Is a Filipino

1966

Ito Ang Maynila poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ito Ang Maynila

1963

Albano Brothers poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Albano Brothers

1962

Angkan Ng Matatapang poster
NR

A gunslinger and his buddy travel from town to town fighting roguish gunslingers, but one day he finally meets his match.

Angkan Ng Matatapang

1963

Daniel Barrion poster
NR

A gunslinger seeks revenge for the murder of his father, after killing the murderer he learns that the man had a son, he brings him to adventure with him.

Daniel Barrion

1964

Captain Barbell poster
NR

The first film adaptation of the iconic Filipino superhero Captain Barbell.

Captain Barbell

1964

Isputnik vs. Darna poster
7.0

The fourth Darna movie and second featuring Liza Moreno, she is now fighting against Isputnik.

Isputnik vs. Darna

1963

Babaing Kidlat poster
NR

A woman whose parents were killed by lightning during her birth has the ability fly and electrocute with her touch

Babaing Kidlat

1964

Behind the camera