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Kamao

Kamao poster
Directed by
Celso Advento Castillo
Country
Philippines
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A former boxer becomes a barangay captain and faces off against a gang of drug dealers. He uses his fighting skills and local authority to take them on.

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What happens

Kamao (lit. 'Fist') is a 1987 Filipino made-for-television action film directed by Celso Ad. Castillo and starring Fernando Poe Jr., Castillo, Mary Walter, and Rachel Ann Wolfe. Produced as the first television film for the Artista anthology program on Radio Philippines Network (RPN), it is about a boxer-turned-barangay captain who has to deal with a gang of drug dealers. The film first aired on RPN in the Philippines on June 11, 1987. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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