Jao Mapa
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Jose Vicente D. Mapa III, who is better known by his screen name Jao Mapa (born February 11, 1976), is a Filipino actor. He is also an accomplished painter.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 11, 1976
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Tibak
Overview: The film is based on the progressive and nationalist youth organization “Kabataang Makabayan” (KM), founded in 1964. Kabataang Makabayan was led and co-founded by Prof. Jose Ma. Sison, four years before they also reestablished the Communist Party of the Philippines
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2016-08-28
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History of the Underground
Overview: 'History of the Underground' takes a hard and painful look at life during Martial Law with rare and recently unreleased footage from the era
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2017-10-08
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Crush Kong Curly
Overview: When curly camgirl Elle meets an architect, Peter, she believes she's ready to love again. How long can she keep her job secret from him?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2021-12-17
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Kinsenas, Katapusan
Overview: A man falls for his daughter's classmate and they get entangled in a steamy affair. When their sexual desire becomes obsession, things turn crazy.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2022-02-04
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Ay Ayeng
Overview: A mountain maiden attempts to use education to help solve the problems of an Ifugao village, but finds that outdated traditions and military oppression stand in her way. A photojournalist documents her story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2008-09-10
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Huling Sayaw
Overview: Childhood best friends Danilo, Tiffany and Stephanie embark on their senior high school year at the prestigious school in Manila. However, things take a turn for the worse when Danilo makes the wrong decision and a bad company leads him astray. As he nearly loses everything, he works his way back to his path. Personalities change, but with Danilo still pursue his dream to become a famous dancer and be able to stand the test of time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2023-09-13
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Ahasss
Overview: Jake, a young houseboy, falls for his boss' battered wife. As he helps her escape from her abusive husband, things get wild, messy, and bloody.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2023-10-13
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Instant Daddy
Overview: Valentin Roxas was raised by his Tatay Lito alone when his mother left them to work abroad when he was seven. To maintain a sense of normalcy, Lito wrote young Val letters supposedly from his mother, promising she would return.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2023-10-04
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The Guerilla is a Poet
Overview: The tale of an activist’s journey during the turbulent years of Martial Law, until his capture in the mountains and the dark, nine years of imprisonment that followed, leading to his birth as a poet.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-18
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Para Kang Papa Mo
Overview: In the vibrant 1990s Philippines, the infectious trend of village-level dance contests echoes through communities. Young talents Anton, Ric, and Jose are at the heart of it. Their dance crew rules the local scene, their passion igniting the stage with each performance. Yet, envy lurks in the shadows, a malicious force conspiring to dismantle their dreams.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2023-12-13
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Purificacion
Overview: A policewoman investigates the series of killings that happened to women of Santa Monica and her main suspect is the new priest, Father Purificacion.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2022-08-05
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Illusion
Overview: Set in Philippine post-American colonialist era, where the American influence was still apparent, Ilusyon tells the story of Miguel, a young man from the countryside, who decides to visit his father, Pablo, a Modernist painter in Manila. Upon his arrival, he discovers that his father has decided to leave for the province but he opted to stay in Manila for a vacation. One day, he meets Stella, a nude model originally scheduled to pose for Miguel's father. Struck by her beauty, Miguel does the unthinkable - he pretends to be his father the painter. Developing a relationship based on a lie, things turn for the worse as Stella begets a strange skin disease that turns off Miguel. Surrounded by strange characters - a talking cow, a talkative mailman and a nosy landlady - Miguel is driven into a frenzy realization about beauty, lust, love and being true to oneself. An ambiguous ending underlines the surreal tone of the film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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A Date With Jao Mapa
Overview: Jao Mapa (Jao Mapa), once the Philippines It-Boy, has retired from his thriving career fr a real life, but his biggest fan has trouble letting him go. Alexa (Marnie Arcilla) goes to great lengths to keep him. A hilarious black comedy short.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Kamandag Ni Venus
Overview: a film by Dyzal M. Damun.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-12
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Maalaala Mo Kaya: The Movie
Overview: As part of the third anniversary of the program, a film version was created. Ana, a young girl who took the responsibility of being the mother of her cousin Marrisa's son while the latter spent her life in Japan as an entertainer.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1994-06-22
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Donor
Overview: Desperate for money, Lizette pursues the dark and thankless world of organ donation, hoping for a better life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2010-07-11
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I Love Dreamguyz
Overview: Film about the struggles of Filipino dancers who want to make it big in Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2009-11-04
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Bullet Day
Overview: The lives of a taxi driver, a working student, an expectant mother, a call center agent and a petty thief all intersect one night as a small crime takes place in a convenience store.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2012-01-25
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Virgin Forest
Overview: A photographer is tasked to take a photo of a rare flower thriving in the mountain, but he discovers women trapped in a hidden brothel for illegal loggers.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2022-06-24
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Sisa
Overview: Narcisa "Sisa" Dalangin is a young Filipina during the Spanish Occupation & is a childhood friend of Jose Rizal.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2008-06-12
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HIV: Si Heidi, Si Ivy at Si V
Overview: A story about a documentarist who interviews a number of individuals who acquired the HIV virus.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-04
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Pare Ko
Overview: A set of happy-go-lucky teenagers struggles to keep the group together as each of them faces various challenges on life, love, friendship, and family.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1995-01-11
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Asero
Overview: Childhood friends Victor and Narding built their friendship in the street. At a very young age, they were partners performing dangerous activities. However, Narding heeds his foster parents’ request for him to enter the seminary to become a priest. Victor is left alone without any parental support. Later on, he grows up to be a criminal. His wayward ways eventually got him imprisoned. Meanwhile, Narding became a good priest. He visits his old friend Victor in the prison and supported him until he finished his term. Narding accompanies Victor to their hometown where Narding works as a parish priest. Albeit their friendship has rekindled, Victor and Narding argue because of their different ways of raising homeless kids. Victor trains them the rough and dangerous ways, while Narding wants them to settle everything in a peaceful manner.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-30
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Hataw Na
Overview: Robbie Mallorca and Anna Alvarado are teachers from an exclusive school headed by the ever conventional and non-conformist principal. The administrators of the school greatly disapprove their students wish to build a dance group as a form of self-expression. But Robbie and Anna are not one of them; they believe that the youth must be able to exercise and improve their talents. So without the knowledge of the principal, Robbie and Anna conduct an underground training for their students such as Nico Torres, Anton Velasco, Liezl Hernandez, Agnes Pineda, Cathy Lopez among others. These students have different issues in life, but are binded by their passion to dance and groove on the floor. As Robbie and Anna helps their students reach their dreams, they would also get the chance to develop their and partnership friendship into something romantic.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1995-09-13
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Baler
Overview: In 1898, a band of Spanish soldiers heroically defended Baler against Filipino forces for 337 long and grueling days. The battle, now referred to as the Siege of Baler, is the setting of a forbidden love between a Mestizo soldier and a Filipina lass who lived at the end of the 19th century.
Genres: History Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-25
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Working Girls
Overview: Continuing the tradition of national artist Ishmael Bernal's benchmark film Working Girls after 25 years, Working Girls of 2010 depicts the role of women in the new millennium. Seven women of different backgrounds, stories and personalities entwined in a colorful story of family, love and life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2010-04-21
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You Are the One
Overview: Sally Malasmas applies for a US visa. There she meets the young and dashing vice-consul Will Derby with a wide, warm and inviting smile. Sally feels it's her lucky day! But Will thinks Sally does not have enough ties to the Philippines that will make her come back. He denies her visa, beams one last sweet smile at her and turns his back before she could protest. It isn't Sally's lucky day anymore. Sally Malasmas is a Care Officer at the National Statistics Office. She's smart and is a genuinely caring person who always has a hand to help other people.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-29
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One and Only Star
Overview: Miggy is not an ordinary boy. He grows up as a learning, mentally challenged person. He becomes the center of his brother's life. A psychiatrist gives her time and attention to help Miggy. Together they face the odds and joys of bringing up Miggy in his different world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1994-08-31
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Manila's Finest
Overview: Manila’s Finest is inspired and based on the life and career of retired Western Police District (WPD) Col. Jimmy Tiu who last served as the Sta. Mesa police station commander of WPD. The film focuses on the dual functions of a city policeman as he inter-acts with the people in his jurisdiction and as an intrepid cop battling criminal elements with guns blazing.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-09
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Bala Bala: Maniwala Ka
Overview: A mysteries happening in the province of Batangas. It soon happens upon the arrival of a city veterinarian named Frederick. He is summoned by the village officials in order to cure the disease of their livestock. He is befriended by a mute.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2009-11-13
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Fidel
Overview: A Filipino worker is on the death row for killing his employer. Because of a lady reporter who is bent on doing a full story about him, government officials are now trying to help him. But Fidel insisted that he killed his employer on purpose. Vega learned about his past- a boy-next-door type of person who grew up with a loving family. His profile doesn't fit the picture of a killer. Sister Lourdes, the Filipino nun who visits Fidel regularly wants to know the truth too.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2009-08-28
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Limang Dipang Tao
Overview: The jeepney route from Remedios to Cubao, will show a splice of life of these individuals, as we take one day out of their busy lives. Witness what happens to each passenger, before and after their jeepney ride.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2012-11-22
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Tumbok
Overview: Bad fortune and strange events plague newlyweds (Cristine Reyes, Carlo Aquino) who recently inherited a condominium located in a place many consider unlucky.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2011-05-04
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Dahil Tanging Ikaw
Overview: Erika and Cecil are twins who were separated by poverty right after they were born. Each of them is caught up in her own existence, not knowing that somewhere not so far lived a twin. But one day, fate intervened and found a clever way to bring them together.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Hollow
Overview: In the span of a single night, "Hungkag (Hollow) explores the lives of three solitary individuals under the eyes of the city lights. Isa, a convenience store clerk suffers from depression Josemari, struggles with the moral dilemmas of his first murder assignment; and Caloy, a taxi cab driver pushed to his breaking point. Three lives moving towards each other, testing their inner selves until they finally cross each others' path. In a single moment, one decision will affect all three...
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-01
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New Generation Heroes
Overview: A story of four individuals that tackles the world of teaching in all its forms.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2017-10-04
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Ate, Kuya, and the Rule
Overview: Former hired killer confesses all his crimes, so that an unknown politician may use his confession for political leverage
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2018-05-09
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Motorcycle
Overview: A tale of self-discovery, centered around a young man who journeys to Vigan, Ilocos Norte. Instead his trip becomes a sojourn that will unlock his real identity and the secrets of his family. He goes on this road trip onboard his motorcycle as a favor to his father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2008-12-03
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Huling Pasada
Overview: Follows the creative process of Ruby, a prolific writer, abandoned wife and protective mother. She writes about Mario, a taxi driver and father figure to a street child. As she tries to resolve Mario's story, she seeks refuge in her own creative output and the line between reality and fiction is blurred. Mario's past becomes entangled with her own inevitable future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2008-07-11
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Miss Taken
Overview: Miss Taken (2008)
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-15
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Matrikula
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1997-06-11
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Woman
Overview: Three generations of women whose lives are connected by blood and fate as they cope with relationships with men. Bea is an architect who has just got promoted but this professional success exposes her husband's insecurity. Alex is the teen-aged daughter of Bea who enters into an abusive relationship with a boyfriend. Adora is the newly widowed mother of Bea who is about to come to terms with facing life alone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1997-12-25
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G!
Overview: A series of good times, bad times, cherished bonding moments which will make them all realize the value of love, friendship, family and life.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2019-09-13
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EJK
Overview: A short film about extra-judicial killing.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2016-12-25
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Paraluman
Overview: A young woman, who just arrived in a barrio, falls in love with a married man. When people around them start to meddle, their forbidden romance is put to test.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2021-09-24
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