
Directing
Celso Ad. Castillo
Filippine
Celso Adolfo Castillo (September 12, 1943 – November 26, 2012) was a Filipino film director and screenwriter renowned for his provocative storytelling and bold cinematic style. Often hailed as the "Messiah of Philippine Cinema". Castillo's work traversed genres, from action epics to psychological horror, leaving an indelible mark on the Filipino film industry.
Acting credits
4.3On 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
1.0A documentary on the rise and fall and recent return of sexy movies in Philippine cinema. Featuring interviews from the sexy movie icons of the past and the rising sexy stars of the present.
Seksi: Pantasya at Pelikula
2024
8.5Alicia is an unattractive woman who is transformed into a beauty by a plastic surgeon. She soon realizes that beauty is not all that matters in this world.
Borrowed Face
1992
3.8Charisse lives in a boarding house owned by Vivian Sales but drops by her grandfather once in a while. The narrative goes on in this scenario and eventually leaps from drama to action when the lead characters, Charisse and Benito, get entangled with Bunny and the godfather-like character, Dodi.
Dos Ekis
2001
NRThe story of an indigenous Igorot woman who traverses the complex path of life to the playful line of destiny.
Aliw-iw
1979
8.2Dan Alvaro plays Addon, the quintessential Filipino anti-hero, the bastard son of a corrupt police officer who purposely meddles in the very dirty political war between the governor and a town mayor in an unnamed province.
The New King
1986
5.3A film with Diana Zubiri.
Itlog
2002
7.0Celso Ad. Castillo's film about villagers retelling the story of their hero and the revolt he waged in the countryside.
The Legend of Julian Makabayan
1979
5.5Two teenage brothers are attempting to escape an unnamed city controlled by an iron-fisted mayor. They must first break away from the cycle of crime, while trying to run from rival gang leaders and the state's murderous vigilantes.
Engkwentro
2009
6.5To support her paralytic father, Chato works as a utility girl for a burlesque star Virgie Nite. But when Virgie gets drunk on the night of her scheduled show, Chato pitches in for her. And she becomes an instant sensation. Enthused by the initial acceptance of the audience, she defies her father's admonitions and presents herself to the manager. And thus, becoming the new burlesque queen.
Burlesque Queen
1977
Owners of an old dance studio's and veterans in vodaville. Failure to reach their dreams of becoming a famous dancing duo, poured all the desired gain sole son Sonny. Due to the inherited skills from parents, became a dance instructor in their studio.
Totoy Boogie
1980
10.0Beginning at the break of dawn and ending the next morning, the story, set around a rugged city intersection, follows the path of a marked one-thousand-peso bill as it transfers from one character to another, returning to its originator in the end, blood-tainted. The money leads us to each of the five offbeat characters, all in desperate need of their soul's redemption: a disillusioned tabloid reporter planning to commit suicide in a motel, a nightclub dancer con prostitute who has avowed to give her kid sister a better life, a fallen henchman resurfacing to score big time, a chronic runaway teenage girl held captive as sex slave by a cop, and a long-suffering son bearing a sadomasochistic relationship with his brutish, half-paralyzed father who behaves like a mad dictator in his wheelchair.
Rotonda
2006
6.8Virgin People 3
Virgin People 3
2002
Behind the camera
5.1Three sisters live in a paradise where men are metaphorically and literally serpents of temptation.
Virgin People
1984
5.1Three sisters live in a paradise where men are metaphorically and literally serpents of temptation.
Virgin People
1984
4.3On 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
9.0St. Peter inadvertently lost his heavenly keys that the Almighty sends his jester planet earth of all places to search for the misplaced keys. Wandering the streets, the petulant clown is greatly grieved by poverty and the moral degradation of man.
Clown
1986
9.0St. Peter inadvertently lost his heavenly keys that the Almighty sends his jester planet earth of all places to search for the misplaced keys. Wandering the streets, the petulant clown is greatly grieved by poverty and the moral degradation of man.
Clown
1986
9.0Virgin People 2
Virgin People 2
1996
9.0Sisters live in a remote island when a group of sideshow performers washes ashore.
Uhaw na Dagat
1981
7.3A young co-ed falls in love with her first-degree cousin, who stays with her family while studying in Manila. Their forbidden affair, which they keep secret from their family, is revealed when she becomes pregnant. For the scandalized family, abortion is the only solution left, which the two lovers resist.
Summer Rains
1975
7.3A young co-ed falls in love with her first-degree cousin, who stays with her family while studying in Manila. Their forbidden affair, which they keep secret from their family, is revealed when she becomes pregnant. For the scandalized family, abortion is the only solution left, which the two lovers resist.
Summer Rains
1975
THIS IS A SEX-DRAMA FROM THE DIRECTOR WHO STARTED THE "WET LOOK".
Mga Lihim ng Kalapati
1987
8.0In his numerous incarnations, Pedro Penduko is an ordinary human being with no superpowers. He is, however, resourceful and quick-witted in battling evil forces. He is aided by a magical amulet.
Ang Mahiwagang Daigdig ni Pedro Penduko
1973
8.0In his numerous incarnations, Pedro Penduko is an ordinary human being with no superpowers. He is, however, resourceful and quick-witted in battling evil forces. He is aided by a magical amulet.
Ang Mahiwagang Daigdig ni Pedro Penduko
1973
3.8Isla, a island maiden who has all the males, including her father, lusting after her. Her dream was to leave her primitive surroundings and find another life in the big city. However, it would not be easy. To be able to escape, she must use her body to pay off all the men who would help her.
Isla
1985
7.0An adaptation of the same title serialized in Pilipino Komiks.
Ang Gangster At Ang Birhen
1972
7.0An adaptation of the same title serialized in Pilipino Komiks.
Ang Gangster At Ang Birhen
1972
4.3A strange but beautiful young woman washed ashore on an island becomes the desire of all men. Her presence causes jealousy, intrigue, and a series of deaths in the town.
Ang Pinakamagandang Hayop sa Balat ng Lupa
1996
4.3A strange but beautiful young woman washed ashore on an island becomes the desire of all men. Her presence causes jealousy, intrigue, and a series of deaths in the town.
Ang Pinakamagandang Hayop sa Balat ng Lupa
1996
4.6Paradise Inn is more than a watering hole, a gambling den cum-brothel frequented by the menfolk. It is a notorious landmark. Ester Paraiso, a retired prostitute, runs the place with help from her own daughter, Daria, whom she is preparing for the job, and from influential politicos. Her daughter, however, decides to run away but is later spurned by her suitor and his offer of a respectable life. Even the timely arrival of a two-beat magician, Rey, who hastily proposes marriage, fails to prevent the escalating tension as the mother-daughter conflict takes its worst turn culminating in the characters' fiery destruction.
Paradise Inn
1985
4.3A re-imagination of the Celso Ad Castillo classic, "Nympha" tells the story of an orphan woman named Nympha living in a backward province with a narrow minded aunt who is a religious fanatic.
Nympha
2003
4.3A re-imagination of the Celso Ad Castillo classic, "Nympha" tells the story of an orphan woman named Nympha living in a backward province with a narrow minded aunt who is a religious fanatic.
Nympha
2003
4.3A re-imagination of the Celso Ad Castillo classic, "Nympha" tells the story of an orphan woman named Nympha living in a backward province with a narrow minded aunt who is a religious fanatic.
Nympha
2003
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Dr. Yes
1965
9.0When his mother and father are murdered by the evil Don Benito, farm boy and amateur gunsmith Daniel sets off on a quest to exact bloody justice.
Blasting Bullets
1985
7.8Barbara has always been overly indulgent of her little sister, Ruth's every whim. Her past comes back to haunt her when Barbara receives news that her younger sister has killed herself and was witnessed by Ruth's only daughter Karen. Barbara immediately returns to the Philippines to mourn her sister and comfort her unstable niece. Upon Barbara's return, she learns the reason surrounding Ruth's mysterious death.
Kill Barbara With Panic
1974