Kamao

This article is about a television film. For the Hawaiian bird Kamao, see Kāmaʻo.

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.^[1] 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.

Kamao
Genre	Action
Directed by	Celso Ad. Castillo
Starring	Fernando Poe Jr. Celso Ad. Castillo Mary Walter Rachel Ann Wolfe
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Filipino
Production
Production companies	Kapisanan ng mga Artista ng Pelikulang Pilipino Multi-TeleVentures, Inc.
Original release
Network	Radio Philippines Network
Release	June 11, 1987 (1987-06-11)

Cast

• Fernando Poe Jr.
• Celso Ad. Castillo
• Mary Walter
• Rachel Ann Wolfe

Release

Kamao originally aired on RPN in the Philippines on June 11, 1987, as the first installment of the Artista anthology program.^[2][3]

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.^[1]