Joel Lamangan

Joel Lamangan

Born: September 21, 1952
in Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Joel Lamangan (born September 21, 1952) is a Filipino film director, television director and actor. His award-winning films includes The Flor Contemplacion Story, Sidhi, Deathrow, Hubog, Aishte Imasu 1941, Blue Moon and Mano Po.

Movies for Joel Lamangan...

Patayan Files: Ang Pinakamalalaking Murder Cases Ng Dekada '90
Title: Patayan Files: Ang Pinakamalalaking Murder Cases Ng Dekada '90
Character: Self
Released: August 12, 2022
Type: Movie
Vizconde Massacre -the trial of the century, Flor Contemplacion's story, the case that outraged Filipinos, and more horrifying deaths. Cheche Lazaro's Probe Archives goes in-depth on the controversy behind the gruesome crimes that shocked the entire country during the 90s.
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Manoy: Isang Pagsaludo kay Eddie Garcia
Title: Manoy: Isang Pagsaludo kay Eddie Garcia
Released: March 19, 2021
Type: Movie
Icons of Philippine entertainment industry pay tribute to the “Manoy” of Philippine Cinema Eddie Garcia in this documentary helmed by internationally-acclaimed director, Jon Red.
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The Halt
Title: The Halt
Character: President Nirvano Navarra
Released: June 1, 2019
Type: Movie
It is the year 2034 AD and Southeast Asia has been in the dark for the last three years, literally, because the sun hasn’t shone as a result of massive volcanic eruptions at the Celebes Sea in 2031. Madmen control countries, communities, enclaves and bubble cities. Cataclysmic epidemics razed over the continent. Millions have died and millions have left.
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School Service
Title: School Service
Released: August 4, 2018
Type: Movie
Maya was walking home in her province when the service stops beside her and offers her to hitch. She innocently takes the ride to reach home faster. To Maya’s horror, the service did not stop at her place. She soon realizes she has been taken, along with the other kids who are inside the crammed school service. Soon, Maya finds herself hours and hours away from home, in an unfamiliar land -Manila. By dusk, the children are dropped off along the national highway to work by begging for alms. Forced to struggle with the harsh conditions of street life, Maya continues to hope for her dreams and chase for her freedom that may never happen.
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Deadma Walking
Title: Deadma Walking
Character: Eulogist
Released: December 25, 2017
Type: Movie
A Palanca-winning comedy about gay best friends for life John and Mark whose friendship is put to the test when one of them has a terminal illness and asks the other to help him stage his fake death, wake, and funeral as his dying wish. The result is a laughfest of "deadly" proportions.
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Violator
Title: Violator
Character: Benito Alano
Released: November 9, 2014
Type: Movie
Manila is besieged by the worst typhoon to hit the country. Talk of the world coming to an end hangs in the air. And five men find themselves stranded inside a police station with a prisoner who may o may not be the devil. It's going to be a long night.
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Separados
Title: Separados
Released: August 2, 2014
Type: Movie
Six men. Six failed marriage. One wedding to restore their faith in second chances. This is the bittersweet saga of six men who have separated from their wives. Inspired by true stories, their parallel and overlapping tales offer six different portraits of the failure of monogamy in a society where divorce is supposedly not an option. Ironically, fate and circumstance bring them together at a church wedding, where one of them takes a second chance at marital bliss.
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Himala Ngayon
Title: Himala Ngayon
Released: December 4, 2012
Type: Movie
A 2012 documentary about the making and the legacy of the 1982 drama masterpiece directed by Ishmael Bernal that ended up being one of the greatest Asian films of all time. The revelations about the theory of "Who killed Elsa?" will be answered and also, the impact of the film to the Filipino culture and society.
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Working Girls
Title: Working Girls
Character: Jun Palakol
Released: April 21, 2010
Type: Movie
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.
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Jesus the Revolutionary
Title: Jesus the Revolutionary
Character: Col. Simon
Released: February 6, 2002
Type: Movie
A man named Jesus takes on the ruling military junta.
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Markova: Comfort Gay
Title: Markova: Comfort Gay
Character: Konsehal JJ
Released: December 25, 2000
Type: Movie
Escaping the torment of growing up with an abusive older brother, he and his friends found further suffering at the hands of Japanese soldiers, forced into sex work to survive. But even after the war, Markova's struggle continued.
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Burlesk King
Title: Burlesk King
Character: Odette
Released: March 10, 1999
Type: Movie
Harry leaves Olongapo, the former site of American bases, with his best friend James. They end up in Manila where they soon find work as macho dancers in a gay bar run by Mama Odette. Harry has a troubled past -- his American father used to pimp him and his mother, Betty. When his father accidentally killed his mother, Harry struck out on his own. He made a vow to kill his father.
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José Rizal
Title: José Rizal
Character: Gobernadocillo
Released: December 25, 1998
Type: Movie
Accused of treason, Dr. Jose P. Rizal awaits trial and meets with his colonial government-appointed counsel, Luis Taviel de Andrade. The two build the case and arguments for the defense as significant events in the central figure's life prior to his incarceration unfold. Upon hearing Rizal's life story, Taviel begins to realize that the accused not just is innocent but exhibits in fact all the qualities of an extraordinary man. When the mock trial unreels, Taviel is all set to act as the prime advocate for his client as Rizal himself is about to give an earth-moving speech to defend his honor and address his countrymen. Meanwhile, the Spanish authorities have worked out the vast political machinery to ensure a guilty verdict. A revolution waits in the wings.
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Lucia
Title: Lucia
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A strong-willed matriarch and her family leave their fishing village for Manila after an oil spill.
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Kasalanan Bang Sambahin Ka?
Title: Kasalanan Bang Sambahin Ka?
Released: July 11, 1990
Type: Movie
A woman had a one-night stand with soon-to-be-married man and becomes obsessed with him, stalking him to the point of threatening suicide to get his attention.
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Fight for Us
Title: Fight for Us
Character: Colonel Mateo
Released: May 24, 1989
Type: Movie
Set during the post-Marcos regime in a remote village of Dolores, chronicles the life of Jimmy Cordero, a political prisoner who have just been freed from prison after the decline of the Marcos dictatorship. From his revolutionary past, he got himself into human rights activism following his prison release. He and his wife’s brother once conducted a fact-finding mission to Dolores only to find out the terror brought about to its residents by the Orapronobis, a government backed anti-communist paramilitary troop deployed in the town of Dolores.
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Macho Dancer
Title: Macho Dancer
Character: Mother
Released: January 18, 1989
Type: Movie
Pol moves to Manila for better opportunities after his American lover leaves. However, he gets drawn into the gritty world of gay prostitution and sexual slavery.
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Ano ang Kulay ng Mukha ng Diyos?
Title: Ano ang Kulay ng Mukha ng Diyos?
Character: Plainclothes cop
Released: December 25, 1985
Type: Movie
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 bears the hustler's child who becomes eventually blind.
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Working Girls
Title: Working Girls
Character: Khris
Released: June 7, 1984
Type: Movie
Women cope with various problems while earning a living in the city.
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Himala
Title: Himala
Character: Priest
Released: December 25, 1982
Type: Movie
When plain orphan Elsa begins having visions of the Virgin Mary, the rest of the residents of her isolated village find themselves questioning their own beliefs and values. Soon, Elsa is healing people with a variety of ailments. As word of this phenomenon spreads, tourists, pilgrims, patients and a documentary filmmaker all arrive on a quest to partake in the miracle.
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The Year of Living Dangerously
Title: The Year of Living Dangerously
Character: Security Man No. 1
Released: December 17, 1982
Type: Movie
Australian journalist Guy Hamilton travels to Indonesia to cover civil strife in 1965. There—on the eve of an attempted coup—he befriends a Chinese Australian photographer with a deep connection to and vast knowledge of the Indonesian people, and also falls in love with a British national.
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Mother Dear
Title: Mother Dear
Character: Neighbor
Released: June 4, 1982
Type: Movie
This film probes into the minds and hearts of illegitimate children and their mothers.
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Five and the Skin
Title: Five and the Skin
Released: June 2, 1982
Type: Movie
Ivan, a writer living in Manila, walks through the city in search of his past.
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PX
Title: PX
Character: Gimo
Released: January 23, 1982
Type: Movie
Lydia, a prostitute, is caught between the love of her long-time partner, Sidro, who is a hired gun, and George Grace, an American soldier stationed at a U.S. military base in Pampanga.
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Dalaga si Misis, Binata si Mister
Title: Dalaga si Misis, Binata si Mister
Released: September 4, 1981
Type: Movie
A successful couple decide to separate and see other people in this romantic comedy from Lino Brocka.
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Bona
Title: Bona
Character: Director
Released: December 25, 1980
Type: Movie
A scorned teenager gets revenge on the aging gigolo who took advantage of her while pursuing other women.
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Kastilyong Buhangin
Title: Kastilyong Buhangin
Character: Badong
Released: August 22, 1980
Type: Movie
Mario O'Hara's melodrama about an aspiring singer and her ex-convict sweetheart.
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Jaguar
Title: Jaguar
Character: Press
Released: August 31, 1979
Type: Movie
Poldo, a lowly security in a publishing firm, dreams to be rich. He becomes the personal bodyguard to his employer's son, Sonny, when he impresses the latter with his courage and skills during a quarrel where Poldo defended Sonny. Poldo gets a taste of his boss' carefree and extravagant lifestyle and thinks that he accepts him as a friend. In one of the nightclubs they frequent, Sonny is smitten by dancer Cristy and aggressively pursues her despite a warning from San Pedro, the movie director with whom Cristy has an affair. When they chance upon each other, Sonny and San Pedro fight. Poldo comes to his boss' rescue and guns down San Pedro. In subsequent circumstances, Poldo would soon arrive at a bitter realization. As he could not see in Sonny the benefactor that he pictured him to be, Poldo finds himself alone, abandoned and betrayed.
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Dung-Aw
Title: Dung-Aw
Released: August 5, 1975
Type: Movie
Diego and Gabriela Silang are landed Ilocos natives disaffected with the imposition of the indulto de comercio (a law giving right to Spanish officials to buy rice and tobacco at the price they prefer). The year is 1762 and the British invade Manila, the childless couple is among the landowners denying aid to the Spaniards in thwarting the British. When the Spaniards in retaliation jail Diego, his wife gathers their confederates and leads the uprising herself.