Kamao
{{Short description|1987 television documentary film}}
{{About|a television film|the Hawaiian bird Kamao|Kāmaʻo}}
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| genre = Action
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| director = Celso Ad. Castillo
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- Fernando Poe Jr.
- Celso Ad. Castillo
- Mary Walter
- Rachel Ann Wolfe}}
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| country = Philippines
| language = Filipino
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- Kapisanan ng mga Artista ng Pelikulang Pilipino
- Multi-TeleVentures, Inc.}}
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| network = Radio Philippines Network
| released = {{Start date|1987|06|11}}
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Kamao ({{Literal translation|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.{{cite news|last=Dialogo|first=Art|title=Tele-movie comes of age?|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19870702&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|accessdate=September 11, 2020|work=Manila Standard|publisher=Standard Publications, Inc.|date=July 2, 1987|page=16}} 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.
Cast
Release
Kamao originally aired on RPN in the Philippines on June 11, 1987, as the first installment of the Artista anthology program.{{cite news|title=TV Guide|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19870611&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|accessdate=September 11, 2020|work=Manila Standard|publisher=Standard Publications, Inc.|date=June 11, 1987|page=10|quote=9 ( 9) Artista}}{{cite news|title=TV Guide|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19870604&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|accessdate=September 11, 2020|work=Manila Standard|publisher=Standard Publications, Inc.|date=June 4, 1987|page=8|quote=9 ( 9) Thursday Night Special}}
=Critical response=
Art Dialogo of the Manila Standard gave Kamao a positive, albeit cynical, review. While he considered Fernando Poe Jr. as "not a letdown" and Celso Ad. Castillo to be "believable", he gave special praise to Rachel Ann Wolfe's performance as the drug-addled sister of Poe's character, stating that she "lent freshness to what could have been another washed out production.
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