Vic Silayan

AKA:
0.4964

1928-12-31

Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {63}

Narrator

1966-03-17 0

Appointment at Mount Manunggal

This documentary paints the life of former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay (1953-1957), from being a simple mechanic, a wartime guerilla leader, and as president of the Philippines, leading up to ...
Genre :Documentary

Dr. Dangal

1972-11-17 4.218

Daughters of Satan

A man buys a painting depicting witches being burned at the stake, one of whom bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife. ...
Genre :Horror

1975-11-19 0

The Fantastic Sword

Shot in the Philippines with a largely Filipino cast, the film is set in a mythical kingdom called Barangbang, which appears to be just a normal rural Filipino village but for the fact that it is rule ...
Genre :Fantasy

1981-01-08 0

Bantay-Salakay

A story of three young, provincial highschool graduates who set sail for Manila with visions of fame and fortune, only to realize that reality is a far cry from their expectations. ...
Genre :

Dr. Tezon

1972-05-19 3.676

Night of the Cobra Woman

After being bitten by a cobra in the Philipines, Lena can turn herself into a snake and she stops aging. The curse comes with a price. The priestess Lena must consume cobra venom and vital young men t ...
Genre :Horror, Thriller

1957-06-03 0

Troop 11

A story about Boy Scouts going on a camping, having fun and getting into deep trouble. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Vicente Zarcan (segment 4)

1975-06-12 6

Dugo at Pag-ibig Sa Kapirasong Lupa

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 minute ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Romance, War, History

1982-03-12 0

Waywaya

“Waywaya” is derived from “Waywaya” an Ilocano term meaning freedom. The film is adapted from the short story of the same title, an adventure-laden story of two Northern Luzon tribes. It stars Amy Aus ...
Genre :

1959-01-01 0

Kundiman ng Lahi

A coming-of-age story of a barrio lass in a patriarchal archipelago. ...
Genre :Drama

Tatang / Sgt. Diosdado Carandang

1981-12-01 8.2

Kisapmata

A young woman gets married but her authoritarian father refuses to let her out of his sight. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

1976-01-01 0

Scotch on the Rocks to Remember, Black Coffee to Forget

A lost film from Ishmael Bernal, originally released in 1976. ...
Genre :Drama

Father Fidel

1956-03-20 5.8

Child of Sorrow

A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Gusting

1983-12-25 6.6

Of the Flesh

When Narcing brings home his wife Puring to their hometown Mulawin in the 1930s, it sets off a series of events that include parricide, infidelity, betrayal, guilt and redemption. ...
Genre :Drama, Horror

Bitoy

1965-03-01 9

A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino

Lamberto Avellana’s English-language film based on Nick Joaquin’s play about a painter, a painting, two sisters, and a crook. ...
Genre :Drama

1983-01-01 0

Master Samurai

Not really note worthy action movie from the Philippines. ...
Genre :

Saitou

1965-11-02 0

Pilipinas Kong Mahal

A story of a man who joined the guerilla in World War 2. ...
Genre :Drama, Action, War

Melanio

1958-05-19 5.667

Malvarosa

A poignant story of a family’s struggles in life. It tells of Rosa, who lives in the slums near the railroad tracks, with her mother and five brothers. Her mother wallows in guilt and depression when ...
Genre :Drama

1981-12-25 2.7

Karma

Sarah is assaulted by Eric on the eve of her wedding. Years later, their paths cross again, and the coincidence leads them to a shocking discovery: They are in fact reincarnations of Enrico and Guada, ...
Genre :Drama

Major Hondo

1962-09-20 6

No Man Is an Island

The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, War

Lundagin Mo Baby

1959-07-19 0

Mr. Announcer

Genre :Drama

Captain Mori

1965-01-08 6

The Ravagers

A story about a Filipino guerilla Sargent who was tasked to ambush a company of Japanese soldiers staying at a convent. ...
Genre :War, Action, Drama

1983-10-14 0

Tatak Ng Yakuza

In this action thriller, a local undercover agent fights the dreaded Japanese criminal syndicate that operates globally. ...
Genre :Action

Anton

1971-01-29 7

Lilet

An unstable young woman finally blows the cover of her repressive family's dark secrets when her memories where unlocked with the help of an ardent suitor. ...
Genre :Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Calderon

1971-05-14 4.5

Blood Thirst

A sex-crimes specialist from New York travels to the Philippines to help his friend, a Manila homicide detective, solve a series of murders. ...
Genre :Horror

1974-02-22 0

Ransom!

This Filipino action thriller concerns a crime syndicate which specializes in holding people for ransom. Their most recent foray into crime succeeds in two cases but runs into difficulties when the ki ...
Genre :

1950-11-08 5.4

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp ...
Genre :Drama, War

1979-07-05 0

Roberta

A young female hero is unjustly accused of murder and intimidated to say that she committed the crime so that her family would not be harmed. ...
Genre :Drama

1965-12-26 0

Anghel sa Aking Balikat

A story about an orphan girl who thinks that a guerilla leader is an angel. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Thriller

1967-12-31 0

Masquerade

Danny Zialcita's mystery thriller ...
Genre :Mystery, Horror

Dr. Dan

1980-10-08 6

The Children of An Lac

Based on the true story of film actress Ina Balin and her efforts with American Red Cross volunteer Betty Tisdale, as well as a compassionate Vietnamese woman running a Saigon orphanage, to rescue as ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

1978-12-25 0

Katawang Alabok

Genre :Drama

1976-02-14 0

Ligaw na Bulaklak

An innocent young woman who sells flowers in a small-town cabaret frequented by down-and-out prostitutes is lusted after by the son of a school principal, played by Anita Linda. An aging gardener take ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Jikiri

1957-06-03 6.5

Badjao

Hassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala Amai, the niece of the chief of the Tausugs, an Islamic, land-dwelling tribe. Although t ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, Adventure, Action

1983-01-13 6

Friends in Love

A story of friends who got entangled in the ironies of falling in love. Fate decides to play a trick on the quartet. Sharron and Jackie are close friends with contrasting personalities. On the other h ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Don Mateo

1983-06-09 0

Paano Ba Ang Mangarap?

The story of Lisa & 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 m ...
Genre :Drama

Victor

1984-02-16 4.5

Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin?

Myrna and Lito plunge into marriage at a very young age. Both unprepared and still immature. But their relationship suddenly collapses when Lito gets into an illicit relationship with an older woman, ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Vic Silayan

1955-01-01 6

Lapu-Lapu

Lapu-Lapu who defeated Spanish invaders on then land of Mactan. ...
Genre :War, Drama, History

Abe Ventura

1984-11-29 0

Sa Hirap at Ginhawa

A young couple eloped, got married and then must cope with problems like money, living on their own, trying finish school and raising a baby. not to mention the fact that even young married couples do ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

1974-03-08 0

The Bells of San Jose

The film tells a story of large rural families suffering from economic insecurity in a remote part of the town of Magdalena, Laguna, where major life events are punctuated by the tollling of the churc ...
Genre :

1975-09-21 0

Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa

A 1975 action film directed by Augusto Buenaventura. It is distinguished for being the movie to win the Best Picture award in the very first Metro Manila Film Festival. ...
Genre :Action

1975-09-05 0

Hiwaga

Filipino horror movie from 1975. ...
Genre :Horror

1973-04-25 0

Ambrose Dugal

Filipino horror movie from 1973. ...
Genre :Horror

Chief Insp. Cruz

1976-10-01 4.6

Project: Kill

A former government assassin flees a mind-control program in the Philippines, pursued by his ex-partner, the local police and Asian gangsters. ...
Genre :Action, Drama

Alfonso Suarez

1979-12-04 7

Star?

The story of Tony (Rudy Fernandez) is not only a reminder to actors or actresses, but to everyone. It teaches a lesson about humility and the so-called "debt of gratitude." It features the lives of so ...
Genre :Drama

The Judge

1980-12-25 0

Langis at Tubig

After his secret crush, Connie discovers her boyfriend is married, Bobby steals her away and gives her the perfect marriage. However, when Bobby accepts a job in the province of Albay, he falls for th ...
Genre :Drama

Prison Superintendent

1985-12-25 0

Ano ang Kulay ng Mukha ng Diyos?

A street hustler falls in love with a bar girl. They get married, but separate when the guy gets meted a death sentence after gunning down a rich customer of the bar in a fit of jealousy. The bar girl ...
Genre :Drama

1975-03-28 0

Mister Mo, Lover Boy Ko

A Filipino aristocrat loves his wife but he has a little fun with a chorus girl. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1969-05-17 0

Perlas ng Silangan

Set at the backdrop of the colonization of pre-Hispanic Philippine, this historical epic revovles around the story of Ramir, a half-caste warrior falls in love with Princess Mahalina. Ramir has to rec ...
Genre :History, Drama, Action

Colonel Barro

1987-11-01 4

Tigershark

A martial arts instructor sets out to rescue his girlfriend who is being held for ransom by a South American warlord. ...
Genre :Action

Raoul Amante

1980-01-01 4.9

The Last Reunion

Several members of a platoon of American soldiers not only kill a Japanese general, but also rape and murder the man's wife. The couple's son, Kimon, witnesses these ghastly events and vows revenge. T ...
Genre :Action, Drama, War

1966-12-30 0

This Is a Filipino

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

Domingo de Jesus

1981-10-12 0

I am Blushing

"I am blushing" - Swedish comedy about a film crew traveling to the Philippines to find environments for a movie. ...
Genre :Comedy

Fukoshima

1979-07-27 4

Pacific Inferno

After the fall of the Philippines in World War II, the Japanese discover that Gen. MacArthur ordered millions of dollars in silver dumped in Manila Bay in order that it not fall into enemy hands. Amon ...
Genre :War

Himself

1985-11-01 0

Vic Silayan: An Actor Remembers

Silayan talks about his beginnings as an actor in the 1950s, his working method in front of the camera and on stage and the realities of working in mainstream Philippine movies. ...
Genre :Documentary

Don Lorico Villena

1986-05-29 0

I Love You Mama, I Love You Papa

A divorced couple fight over their son. ...
Genre :Drama, Family

Capt. Mendoza

1953-08-03 6.5

Huk in a New Life

Carding, the anti-Japanese guerrilla turned Huk rebel when his family's land is taken over by the greedy landlord while Maxie, the communist recruiter who assures Carding that only a communist can be ...
Genre :Drama, Action

1972-08-25 0

Kill the Pushers

A film that stars Joseph Estrada, Pilar Pilapil and Rosemarie Gil based on Marcos' war on drugs. ...
Genre :Action

Totoy

1955-04-30 6

Higit sa Lahat

A story about a father's love for his family, making a supreme sacrifice to give them a new lease on life. ...
Genre :Drama

1979-03-01 2

Menor de Edad

A group of high school students navigate their lives and loves in this ensemble film from Ishmael Bernal. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

1973-08-17 0

Manila Dragnet

Joseph Estrada takes on drugs and organized crime around Manila's Chinatown. ...
Genre :

Japanese General (uncredited)

1967-01-21 6.2

The Longest Hundred Miles

During the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, an assorted group of refugees, including an American soldier, an Army nurse, a priest and a group of local children, try to make their getaway aboard a ...
Genre :War, Drama, TV Movie

1973-04-14 0

Paru-parong itim

An adaptation of The Miracle Worker with a Lenten theme. ...
Genre :Drama

1963-12-12 0

Zigzag

Lost Filipino thriller by Ronald Remy, Al Zugsmith producing. George Nader stars. ...
Genre :Thriller