Alamat ng 7 kilabot

Alamat ng 7 kilabot
Directed byArmando A. Herrera
Written by
  • Teodorico C. Santos
  • Fred Navarro
Based onSeven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa
Produced byFernando Poe Jr.
Starring
Music byTony Maiquez
Production
company
Release date
  • 13 September 1967 (1967-09-13)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageTagalog

Alamat ng 7 kilabot (Legend of the Seven Monsters) is a 1967 Filipino action film starring Fernando Poe Jr., Joseph Estrada, Jess Lapid, Bob Soler and Zaldy Zshornack.[1] Set in the fictional town of San Diego, it follows seven treasure hunters battling a team of bandits to retake a town whose population has mistaken them for military forces, in a loose remake of the 1954 Akira Kurosawa film Seven Samurai.

Plot

Production

The film was directed by Armando A. Herrera from a screenplay by Teodorico C. Santos and Fred Navarro, and was produced by Fernando Poe Jr. through his company FPJ Productions.[2] It was released in 1967.

The film was the debut of Andy Poe, Fernando’s brother.

Reception

Jio de Leon wrote that the film was "an all-star Expendables-type film before Stallone even made that a thing. It's a Filipino version of a Western, where seven cowboy-type dudes work together to find a treasure" admitting that "it tread[ed] the same water as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai or more specifically The Magnificent Seven (a remake of the Kurosawa film in itself)."[3]

References

  1. ^ Zeus A. Salazar (2005). RPG Foundation (ed.). Pangulong Erap: biograpiyang sosyopulitikal at pangkalinangan ni Joseph Ejercito Estrada (in Tagalog). Vol. 1. University of Michigan. p. 84.
  2. ^ Liwayway Pub., ed. (1968). Liwayway (in Tagalog). University of Michigan. p. 84.
  3. ^ Leon, Jio de. "10 Classic Pinoy Films That Deserve a Remake". SPOT.PH. Retrieved 2025-10-07.